癌 — kanji meaning “cancer”
癌
cancer, cancerous evil
- Meanings
- cancer, cancerous evil
- On'yomi
- ガン (gan)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 17
- Newspaper frequency
- #2233 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 104
- Chinese reading
- yán, ái — Chinese character page
Words with 癌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癌腫 | がんしゅ ganshu | carcinoma |
| 膵癌 | すいがん suigan | pancreatic cancer |
| 制癌剤 | せいがんざい seiganzai | anti-cancer drug; cancer-inhibiting drug |
| 舌癌 | ぜつがん zetsugan | cancer of the tongue |
| 口腔癌 | こうこうがん koukougan | oral cancer |
| 直腸癌 | ちょくちょうがん chokuchougan | rectal cancer |
| 癌遺伝子 | がんいでんし gan'idenshi | oncogene |
| 癌研 | がんけん ganken | cancer research |
| 皮膚癌 | ひふがん hifugan | skin cancer |
| 食道癌 | しょくどうがん shokudougan | esophageal cancer |
| 肝癌 | かんがん kangan | liver cancer (esp. hepatoma) |
| 癌診断 | がんしんだん ganshindan | cancer diagnosis |
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