癌
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cancer; (esp.) carcinoma
Formation & memory
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How 癌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
疒 meaning “sickness” + 嵒 sound
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 with 癌
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基底细胞癌 | basal cell carcinoma | |
| 食道癌 | esophageal cancer | |
| 癌前期 | precancerous stage | |
| 致癌物质 | carcinogen; cancer causing substance | |
| 食管癌 | esophageal cancer | |
| 晚期癌症 | terminal cancer | |
| 致癌物 | carcinogen | |
| 直男癌 | (slang) extreme "straight-man" behavior marked by rigidity, emotional insensitivity, and d… | |
| 子宫颈癌 | cervical cancer | |
| 癌细胞 | cancer cell | |
| 终期癌 | terminal cancer | |
| 直肠癌 | rectal cancer | |
| 血癌 | leukemia | |
| 癌变 | to become cancerous; transformation to malignancy (of body cells) | |
| 癌症 | cancer | |
| 鳞状细胞癌 | squamous cell carcinoma | |
| 乳腺癌 | breast cancer | |
| 乳癌 | breast cancer | |
| 淋巴癌 | lymphoma (lay term for 淋巴瘤[lin2 ba1 liu2]) | |
| 下咽癌 | hypopharyngeal cancer |