癌
cancer; (esp.) carcinoma
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,932 U+764C
How 癌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
疒 (semantic, “sickness”) + 嵒 (phonetic)
components: 疒 嵒
How to remember it
cancer · Heisig RSH #2665
sickness + 品 goods + 山 mountain
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 癌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基底细胞癌 | jī dǐ xì bāo ái | basal cell carcinoma |
| 食道癌 | shí dào ái | esophageal cancer |
| 癌前期 | ái qián qī | precancerous stage |
| 致癌物质 | zhì ái wù zhì | carcinogen; cancer causing substance |
| 食管癌 | shí guǎn ái | esophageal cancer |
| 晚期癌症 | wǎn qī ái zhèng | terminal cancer |
| 致癌物 | zhì ái wù | carcinogen |
| 直男癌 | zhí nán ái | (slang) extreme "straight-man" behavior marked by rigidity, emotional insensitivity, and d… |
| 子宫颈癌 | zǐ gōng jǐng ái | cervical cancer |
| 癌细胞 | ái xì bāo | cancer cell |
| 终期癌 | zhōng qī ái | terminal cancer |
| 直肠癌 | zhí cháng ái | rectal cancer |
| 血癌 | xuè ái | leukemia |
| 癌变 | ái biàn | to become cancerous; transformation to malignancy (of body cells) |
| 癌症 | ái zhèng | cancer |
| 鳞状细胞癌 | lín zhuàng xì bāo ái | squamous cell carcinoma |
| 乳腺癌 | rǔ xiàn ái | breast cancer |
| 乳癌 | rǔ ái | breast cancer |
| 淋巴癌 | lín bā ái | lymphoma (lay term for 淋巴瘤[lin2 ba1 liu2]) |
| 下咽癌 | xià yān ái | hypopharyngeal cancer |