Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 武治, 竹治, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. TAH-KE-HAH-ROO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" or 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo", combined with 治 (haru) meaning "adminster, govern, rule, clinical". Other kanji can be used.