Sadako is a
Japanese name, commonly used for women. Sadako is also a film. The same name can be written with a variety of
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
, and the meanings of the name differ accordingly:
*, "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name,
Jeong-ja
Jeong-ja, also spelled Jung-ja, Jong-ja, or Chung-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Hanja and meaning
There are 65 hanja with the reading " jeong" and 28 hanja wit ...
*, "child of integrity"
People with the name
* , empress consort of the Japanese
Emperor Ichijō
was the 66th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 一条天皇 (66)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Ichijō's reign spanned the years from 986 to 1011.
Biography
Before he ascended to the Chrysanth ...
.
* , later
Empress Teimei
, born , was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa of Japan. Her posthumous name, ''Teimei'', means "enlightened constancy".
Biography
Sadako Kujō was born on 25 June 1884 in Tokyo, as the fourth daughter of Duke Michit ...
(貞明皇后) of Japan (1884–1951), wife of
Emperor Taishō
was the 123rd Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and the second ruler of the Empire of Japan from 30 July 1912 until his death in 1926.
The Emperor's personal name was . According to Japanese custom, while reigni ...
* , Japanese poet
* , American businesswoman
* , Japanese scholar and United Nations administrator
* Sadako Pointer (born 1984), American singer
* , a childhood Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hiroshima atomic bomb victim, who made origami cranes based on a legend about their healing properties, making them an international symbol for peace.
* , Japanese actress
* , Japanese javelin thrower
*, Japanese swimmer
Fictional characters
* , fictional character in the Japanese novel, manga and film franchise ''The Ring (franchise), Ring''
References
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Japanese feminine given names
