Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts そよぎ(Japanese Hiragana) 草葉木, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SO-YO-GEE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 草 (so) meaning "grass; straw; thatch", 葉 (yo) meaning "leaf" combined with 木 (gi) meaning "tree; a shrub". Other kanji combinations are possible.