Memory phrase for the character: 癌

癌

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Meaning

cancer, carcinoma

Pronunciation

ái, yán

Explanation

 Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: 嵒 (goods 品 [here: scattered metastases], mountain 山)

Mnemonic
 
The disease where the metastases are mountain-like is: cancer.

Radicals

疒 sicknessSimilar radicals are building 广 or cliff 厂.
品 goods
山 mountain




 Vocabulary

癌症 ái zhèng  cancer
腺癌 xiàn ái  Adenocarcinoma
鼻咽癌 bí yān ái  cancers of the nose and throat; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma NPC (medical)
鼻咽癌 bí yān ái  

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