癌 ái cancer
cancer; carcinoma
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
癌 = 疒 illness + 嵒 piled rocks
- 疒 illness meaning
- 嵒 piled rocks sound
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 came to be
Illness gives the meaning and the piled rocks the sound.
用法
- 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).