Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 佳乃介, 佳之介, 嘉之輔, 義之介, 慶之助, 芳之介, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. YO-SHEE-NO-SKE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good", 乃 (no), a possessive particle, combined with 介 (suke) meaning "shell, shellfish". Other kanji combinations are possible.