80%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 千代, 千世, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ちよ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. CHEE-YO [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation" or 世 (yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible. Categories authors, common Edo Period names, Gundam characters, Idolmaster characters, isograms, My Hero Academia characters, numbers, numeric meanings, Prison School characters, Sekirei characters, time periods, top 10 in Japan, top 10 in Japan - 1910s, When They Cry characters, world