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癌 = 山 + 疒 + 品

癌 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cancer”. It is built from 山 (mountain), 疒 (sickness radical) and 品 (goods). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2626.

Keyword
cancer
RTK frame
2626
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
рак
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
癌 cancer

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 山 mountain
  2. 疒 sickness radical
  3. 品 goods

How to find 癌 without knowing its reading

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

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