Sadako
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Sadako is a Japanese name, commonly used for women. The same name can be written with a variety of kanji, and the meanings of the name differ accordingly:[1]
- 貞子, "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name, Jeong-ja
- 節子, "child of integrity"
People with the name[]
- Fujiwara no Teishi (藤原 定子, 977–1001), empress consort of the Japanese Emperor Ichijō.
- Princess Sadako Kujō (九条 節子), later Empress Teimei (貞明皇后) of Japan (1884–1951), wife of Emperor Taishō
- Sadako Kurihara (栗原 貞子, 1913–2005), Japanese poet
- Sadako Moriguchi (森口 貞子, 1907–2002), American businesswoman
- Sadako Ogata (緒方 貞子, 1927–2019), Japanese scholar and United Nations administrator
- Sadako Pointer (born 1984), American singer
- Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子, 1943–1955), a childhood Hiroshima atomic bomb victim, who made origami cranes based on a legend about their healing properties, making them an international symbol for peace.
- Sadako Sawamura (沢村 貞子, 1908–1996), Japanese actress
- Sadako Yamamoto (山本 定子, born 1915), Japanese javelin thrower
- Sadako Yamashita (山下 貞子, born 1932), Japanese swimmer
Fictional characters[]
- Sadako Yamamura (山村 貞子), fictional character in the Japanese novel, manga and film franchise Ring
References[]
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
Categories:
- Given names
- Japanese feminine given names