聾唖

ろうあ

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective deafness
2. deaf-mutism; deaf-mute

Kanji

• 聾 deafness; deaf person; deafen. Read as ロウ.
• 唖 mute; dumb. Read as ア.

Example sentences

• 当時はろうあ者たちのための学校は一つもなかった。
  There were no schools for the deaf at that time.
• 聾唖者は手話で話す。
  Deaf-mute people talk using sign language.
• ヘレン・ケラーは盲人で、聾唖者です。
  Helen Keller was blind and deaf.

Words containing 聾唖

• 聾唖学校 (ろうあがっこう) school for people unable to hear and speak

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