Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 喜家, 義家, 能家, 良家, 憙家, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. YO-SHEE-E [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 喜 (yoshi) meaning "rejoice" combined with 家 (ie) meaning "house". Other kanji combinations are possible. A famous bearer is Yoshiie Tachibana, a former Japanese baseball player.