Meanings of Kata names

Kihon - "Basic"
Pinan - "Peaceful"
Jyuroku - "Sixteen"
Jiin - "Temple ground"
Jion - "Temple sound"
Jiite - "Temple hand" or "ten hands"
Kensei - "Fist way"
Hangetsu - "Half moon"
Bassai - "To penetrate a fortress"
Aoyanagi - "Green willow"
Rohai - "Vision of white heron"
Matsukaze - "Pine tree wind"
Empi - "Flying swallow"
Kosokun - Chinese attache name
Naihanchin - "Fighting on home ground" or "Sideways fighting"
Tensyo - "Change of hands"
Sanchin - "Three battles"
Saiha - "Final breaking point"
Sochin - "Grand prize" or "fighting old man"
Shisochin - "Fighting four monks"
Seisan - "Thirteen" or sometimes "thirty"
Seippai - "Eighteen cupfuls"