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: , "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name, Jeong-ja , "child of integrity"
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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: , "chaste child"; the same characters can also be read as a Korean female given name, Jeong-ja , "child of integrity"
==People with the name== , empress consort of the Japanese Emperor Ichijō. , later Empress Teimei (貞明皇后) of Japan (1884–1951), wife of Emperor Taishō , Japanese poet , American businesswoman , Japanese scholar and United Nations administrator Sadako Pointer (born 1984), American singer , 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. , Japanese actress , Japanese noble woman , Japanese javelin thrower , Japanese swimmer
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