Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 武邦, 猛邦, etc.(Japanese Kanji) たけくに(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /tä.ke̞.kɯᵝ.ɲi/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" or 猛 (take) meaning "fierce, ferocious" combined with 邦 (kuni) meaning "home country, Japan". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.