癌 ái cancer
cancer; carcinoma
How to remember 癌: 疒 illness + 嵒 piled rocks = cancer. Grandma's illness shows up on the scan like grey piled rocks, but the doctor smiles and says they caught the cancer early.
Component breakdown
癌 = 疒 illness + 嵒 piled rocks
- 疒 illness
- 嵒 piled rocks
Grandma's illness shows up on the scan like grey piled rocks, but the doctor smiles and says they caught the cancer early.
How it is used
- Cancer - 癌症 (áizhèng) cancer, 肺癌 (fèi'ái) lung cancer, 致癌 (zhì'ái) carcinogenic, 抗癌 (kàng'ái) anti-cancer.
- Note: read ái in the standard word 癌症 (a colloquial reading yán exists to distinguish it from 炎 inflammation when speaking).