癌

Glyph origin

 * is a variant of.

Etymology
From, since some cancers present as lumps or outgrowths on the body.

In Mandarin, this character used to be pronounced identically as. Its pronunciation was changed to ái in December 1962 to avoid the homophony between and  (compare  and ). The new pronunciation ái stems from dialectal pronunciations of, influenced by.

Definitions

 * 1) cancer; carcinoma

Kanji

 * 1) cancer

Compounds

 * : stomach cancer
 * : carcinoma
 * : cervical cancer
 * : esophageal cancer
 * : noma
 * : adenocarcinoma
 * : breast cancer
 * : lung cancer
 * : carcinogenesis
 * : skin cancer
 * : bladder cancer
 * : cervical cancer
 * : esophageal cancer
 * : noma
 * : adenocarcinoma
 * : breast cancer
 * : lung cancer
 * : carcinogenesis
 * : skin cancer
 * : bladder cancer
 * : esophageal cancer
 * : noma
 * : adenocarcinoma
 * : breast cancer
 * : lung cancer
 * : carcinogenesis
 * : skin cancer
 * : bladder cancer
 * : breast cancer
 * : lung cancer
 * : carcinogenesis
 * : skin cancer
 * : bladder cancer
 * : breast cancer
 * : lung cancer
 * : carcinogenesis
 * : skin cancer
 * : bladder cancer
 * : lung cancer
 * : carcinogenesis
 * : skin cancer
 * : bladder cancer
 * : bladder cancer
 * : bladder cancer

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  cancer
 * 2)  cancer
 * 1)  cancer
 * 1)  cancer
 * 1)  cancer

Etymology
From.