癌 (ái): cancer

Meanings

The character contains 疒 (disease radical) and 嵒 (phonetic component).

Tā bèi zhěnduàn chū huàn le fèiái.

He was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Zǎoqī fāxiàn áizhèng hěn zhòngyào.

Early detection of cancer is very important.

usage

癌 alone means 'cancer' but is usually combined: 肺癌 (lung cancer), 胃癌 (stomach cancer), 癌症 (cancer as a disease).

mistakes

The character 癌 is pronounced ái (2nd tone), not yán. It looks similar to 炎 (yán, inflammation) but the pronunciation is different.

癌 ái