Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 孝臣, 貴臣, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. TAH-KAH-O-MEE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 貴 (taka) meaning "valuable" or 孝 (taka) meaning "filial piety" combined with 臣 (omi) meaning "one who serves a lord; a vassal, subject".