Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 美空, 美久, 未来, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みく(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /mi.kɯᵝ/ Meaning & History From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 空 (ku) meaning "sky" or 久 (ku) meaning "long time". It can also come from a nanori reading of 未来 (mirai) meaning "future". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.