Hanako (given name)
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Hanako is a female Japanese given name
. The name can have different meanings, one of them being 花子, "flower girl."
It is often seen as an archetypal name
for girls.
華子 (華 is a kanji
of many uses - 'splendor', 'flower', 'petal', 'shine', 'luster', 'ostentatious', 'showy'. 'ko' is the second kanji, meaning 'girl (child)').
(Gakkō no Kaidan)
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
. The name can have different meanings, one of them being 花子, "flower girl."
It is often seen as an archetypal name
Archetypal name
Archetypal names are proper names of real, mythological, or fictional characters that have become designations for archetypes of certain personal traits.Archetypal names are a literary device used to allude to a certain traits of a character or a plot....
for girls.
華子 (華 is a kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
of many uses - 'splendor', 'flower', 'petal', 'shine', 'luster', 'ostentatious', 'showy'. 'ko' is the second kanji, meaning 'girl (child)').
People
- Hanako Tsugaru, later Princess HitachiPrincess Hitachi, née was born on 19 July 1940. She is the fourth daughter of Count Yoshitaka Tsugaru, a descendant of the Tsugaru daimyō of Tsugaru Domain , née was born on 19 July 1940. She is the fourth daughter of Count Yoshitaka Tsugaru, a descendant of the Tsugaru daimyō of Tsugaru Domain , née was born...
of Japan - Hanako Yamada, Japanese comedian
- Hanako OshimaHanako Oshimais a Japanese singer and the daughter of actress Yukiko Kashiwagi and singer Kyu Sakamoto.- Biography :She is a graduate of Toyo Eiwa University in Japan. In October 2006 it was revealed that she was going to get married. In January 2007 she married the head of a Brazilian jujitsu dojo in Hawaii...
(born 1973), Japanese musician - Hanako OkuHanako Okuis a pop singer famous in her native Japan for her piano ballads. She rose to fame after performing the end-title track for the Madhouse film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in 2006...
(born 1978), Japanese singer/songwriter - Hisa ŌtaHisa Otawas a Japanese stage actress who spanned the Meiji and Taishō periods of Japan and was known by the name Hanako . The kanji given for her name when born were 飛佐 , but she did not use those during her career...
(1868–1945), Japanese actress whose stage name was "Hanako"
Characters
, a ghost that haunts school bathrooms, according to Japanese urban legendUrban legend
An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend, is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories that may or may not have been believed by their tellers to be true...
(Gakkō no Kaidan)
- Hanako (ハナコ ) or Delia Ketchum, the mother of protagonist Ash Ketchum in the PokémonPokémon (anime), abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets...
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