癌 (ái)

cancer

How 癌 is written

Strokes
17
Radical
疒 — sickness
Traditional
癌
Simplified
癌 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 癌

癌症 áizhèng
cancer
乳腺癌 rǔxiànái
breast cancer
抗癌 kàngái
anti-cancer
肝癌 gānái
liver cancer
肺癌 fèiái
lung cancer
胃癌 wèiái
stomach cancer
致癌 zhìái
carcinogenic; to cause cancer
致癌物 zhìáiwù
carcinogen
乳癌 rǔái
breast cancer
癌細胞 áixìbāo
cancer cell
癌變 áibiàn
to become cancerous; transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
皮膚癌 pífūái
skin cancer

癌 in a sentence

抽菸會增加得肺癌的風險。

Chōuyān huì zēngjiā dé fèi'ái de fēngxiǎn.

“Smoking increases the risk of getting lung cancer.”

How common is 癌?

癌 is the 1,797th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.3% of all running text.

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