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Chinese symbol for “cancer”

癌症
ái zhèng
cancer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cancer is 癌症 (ái zhèng), defined as: cancer.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

癌 ái
cancer, carcinoma
radical 104 ⽧ · 17 strokes
症 zhèng
ailment, disease, illness
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cancer”

WordPinyinMeaning
癌áicancer; (esp.) carcinoma
毒瘤dú liúmalignant tumor; (fig.) cancer; scourge

Related words

Other words that share a character with 癌症.

WordPinyinMeaning
乳腺癌rǔ xiàn áibreast cancer
肺癌fèi áilung cancer
癌细胞 (癌細胞)ái xì bāocancer cell
肝癌gān áiliver cancer
抗癌kàng áianti-cancer
症状 (症狀)zhèng zhuàngsymptom (of an illness)
综合症 (綜合症)zōng hé zhèngsyndrome
并发症 (併發症)bìng fā zhèngcomplications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)

See also: Japanese symbol for “cancer”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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