Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 翔平, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しょうへい(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ɕo̞ː.he̞ː/ Meaning & History From Japanese 翔 (shō) meaning "soar, glide" and 平 (hei) meaning "level, even, peaceful", in addition to other combinations of kanji that are pronounced the same way.