Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 哲彦, 徹彦, 鉄彦, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. TE-TSUU-HEE-KO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 哲 (tetsu) meaning "philosophy, clear", 徹 (tetsu) meaning "penetrate" or 鉄 (tetsu) meaning "iron" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other kanji combinations are also possible.