Kanji 聾 deafness, deaf person, deafen Related words 難なん 聴ちょう 者しゃ 難聴者 refers to a person who is hard of hearing, while ろう者 specifically means a deaf person.
聴ちょう 覚かく 障しょう 害がい 者しゃ 聴覚障害者 is a broader, more formal term for a person with a hearing impairment, encompassing both deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Written forms ろう 者しゃ Usage 68%
Modern, inclusive spelling using kana for ろう to avoid the kanji 聾 , which is not a 常用漢字 and can be seen as stigmatizing.
聾ろう 者しゃ Usage 32%
Traditional kanji spelling; 聾 is not a 常用漢字 and is rarely used in contemporary writing. May appear in older or formal texts.
Etymology Compound of ろう (deafness) and 者 (person). The reading ろう is from Middle Chinese, and 者 is a Sino-Japanese suffix meaning 'person'.
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