盲導犬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盲	導	犬
もう Grade: S	どう Grade: 5	けん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 盲 (mō, ‘blind’) + 導 (dō, ‘guide’) + 犬 (ken, ‘dog’).

Noun

盲導犬 (hiragana もうどうけん, rōmaji mōdōken)

seeing-eye dog, guide dog (a trained dog for visually impaired person)

Related terms

介助犬 (かいじょけん) (kaijoken)
聴 (ちょう)導 (どう)犬 (けん) (chōdōken)

See also

(Chinese) 導盲犬／导盲犬 (dǎomángquǎn)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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