Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 千尋, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ちひろ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕi.çi.ɾo̞/ Meaning & History From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 尋 (hiro) meaning "fathom, armspan", as well as other kanji combinations. This is the name of the main character in the Japanese animated movie Spirited Away (2001).