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癌

ái

cancer, carcinoma

🔤 Pictophonetic: 疒 (sickness) provides meaning, 嵒 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 17 strokes Common (18%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

cliff, rocks, mountain

⿸疒嵒 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

nè

疒

sickness, disease

5 strokes

guǎng

广

broad, vast, wide; building, house

💡 Ideographic: A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building

3 strokes HSK 4

bīng

冫

ice

2 strokes

yán

嵒

cliff, rocks, mountain

🔤 Pictophonetic: 山 (mountain) provides meaning, 品 provides pronunciation

12 strokes

pǐn

品

article, good, product; commodity; quality, character

💡 Ideographic: Something that everyone is talking 口 about

9 strokes HSK 5

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

⿰口口

Radical component

shān

山

mountain, hill, peak

📷 Pictographic: Three mountain peaks

3 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 癌 (25)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

cancer / carcinoma / also pr. <yán>

ái

癌 ↗

cancer / carcinoma / also pr. <yán>

carcinogenic / to cause cancer

zhìái

致癌 ↗

carcinogenic / to cause cancer

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