Chinese Character 癌 Meanings and components.

Form

癌

Meaning

癌 meaning[3] in English

Cancer.

Carcinoma.

Also Pr. [Yan2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 癌 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sick (疒) , and variant of 巖|岩[yan2] (嵒)

Its radical[1] is: 疒 (ne4) which means: Sick, Sickness, Kang Xi Radical 104, Also Pr. [Chuang2], .疒ne4sick

In cangjie it is written with KRRU

How to write 癌

To write癌ai2cancer you should write a combination of 疒ne4sick , 嵒yan2variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

疒 + 嵒 = 癌

癌 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 癌 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 癌, looks as follow:

癌
Pinyin:ai2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Cancer . Carcinoma . Also Pr. [Yan2]
疒
Pinyin:ne4
Meaning[3]: Sick . Sickness . Kang Xi Radical 104 . Also Pr. [Chuang2]
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
嵒
Pinyin:yan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 巖|岩[Yan2]
品
Pinyin:pin3 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Article . Commodity . Product . Goods . Kind . Grade . Rank . Character . Disposition . Nature . Temperament . Variety . To Taste Sth . To Sample . To Criticize . To Comment . To Judge . To Size Up . Fret (On A Guitar Or Lute)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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