CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ai2
- English meanings
- tumor, sarcoma, leukemia, cancerous, melanoma, malignant tumor, cancer, malignancy, neoplasm, carcinoma
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the upper left structure
Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 疒; inside 嵒.
Meaning & sound clues
疒 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “sickness”.
嵒 is identified as the sound component (yán). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 癌.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
sorrow; mourn
swounds
mild exclamation/sigh
dust; Egypt
in order
love
white (as snow)
low
hinder; obstruct
mugwort; stop
kind; amiable
narrow; pass
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 癌症