癌 = 疒 + 嵒

癌 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cancer”. It is built from 疒 (sick) and 嵒 (cliff).

Keyword: cancer
Pinyin (Mandarin): ái
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: рак
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 癌 cancer

Decomposition

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疒 sick
嵒 cliff

How to find 癌 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sick” + “cliff”. 癌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 癌 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.