癌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 腫れ物・腫瘍のうち、容易に治癒しないもの。悪性腫瘍。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「疒」 + 音符「嵒」。「悪性腫瘍」を意味する漢語{癌}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cancer, cancerous evil

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガン
Other languages
  • 拼音yan2
  • 拼音ai2
  • 한글am
  • Hán-ViệtNham

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
疒(やまいだれ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+764C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸疒嵒

Words using this kanji

  • がん腫瘍のうち、容易に治らず、全身に転移して死に至らしめる物。悪性腫瘍。悪性新生物。 (比喩的)組織や社会に内在して、潰滅をもたらしかねない根深い悪弊。cancer
  • 癌腫がんしゅ上皮組織に発生する悪性腫瘍。carcinoma
  • 癌研がんけんcancer research, cancer research institute, cancer research center (centre)
  • 癌化がんか体内の正常な細胞が癌細胞に変化すること。becoming cancerous, canceration
  • 癌死がんしdying of cancer
  • 癌診断がんしんだんcancer diagnosis
  • 癌遺伝子がんいでんしoncogene
  • 癌研究所がんけんきゅうしょcancer research institute, cancer research center (centre)
  • 癌研究会がんけんきゅうかいJapanese Foundation for Cancer Research, JFCR
  • 癌ウイルスがんウイルスoncovirus
  • 癌抑制遺伝子がんよくせいいでんしtumour suppressor gene, tumor suppressor gene

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-5-12
Four Corner
0017.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5i12.4
Heisig
2626
Nelson
3076