Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 威央, 郁久, 郁尚, 貴久, 義久, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. TAH-KAH-HEE-SAH [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 威 (taka) meaning "intimidate" combined with 央 (hisa) meaning "centre, middle". Other kanji combinations are possible.A famous bearer is Takahisa Masuda, a Japanese idol from Johnny's Entertainment.