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:{{cite book|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi|first=Jim|last=Breen|author-link=Jim Breen|title=Japanese Names Dictionary|publisher=Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group|year=2011|access-date=2012-12-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205062302/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi|archive-date=2012-12-05}}
- {{linktext|貞|子}}, "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name, Jeong-ja
- {{linktext|節|子}}, "child of integrity"
People with the name
- {{Nihongo|Fujiwara no Teishi|藤原 定子||977–1001}}, empress consort of the Japanese Emperor Ichijō.
- {{Nihongo|Princess Sadako Kujō|九条 節子}}, later Empress Teimei (貞明皇后) of Japan (1884–1951), wife of Emperor Taishō
- {{Nihongo|Sadako Kurihara|栗原 貞子||1913–2005}}, Japanese poet
- {{Nihongo|Sadako Moriguchi|森口 貞子||1907–2002}}, American businesswoman
- {{Nihongo|Sadako Ogata|緒方 貞子||1927–2019}}, Japanese scholar and United Nations administrator
- Sadako Pointer (born 1984), American singer
- {{Nihongo|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.
- {{Nihongo|Sadako Sawamura|沢村 貞子||1908–1996}}, Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Toyotomi Sadako|豊臣 完子||1592–1658}}, Japanese noble woman
- {{Nihongo|Sadako Yamamoto|山本 定子||born 1915}}, Japanese javelin thrower
- {{Nihongo|Sadako Yamashita|山下 貞子||born 1932}}, Japanese swimmer
Entertainment
- {{Nihongo|Sadako Yamamura|山村 貞子}}, fictional character in the Japanese novel, manga and film franchise Ring
- Sadako (film), 2019 film in the Ring franchise