Chinese symbol for “carcinoma”
癌
ái
cancer; (esp.) carcinoma
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carcinoma is 癌 (ái), defined as: cancer; (esp.) carcinoma.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 癌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癌症 | ái zhèng | cancer |
| 乳腺癌 | rǔ xiàn ái | breast cancer |
| 肺癌 | fèi ái | lung cancer |
| 癌细胞 (癌細胞) | ái xì bāo | cancer cell |
| 肝癌 | gān ái | liver cancer |
| 抗癌 | kàng ái | anti-cancer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carcinoma”.
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.