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Kotomora

癌

cancer, cancerous evil

FrequencyTop 5,000Strokes17

Readings

On'yomi

  • ガン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

癌 centers on a malignant, destructive growth: cancer in the medical sense, and by extension a cancerous evil that spreads harm.

Most common words using 癌

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  • 癌がん
    N2

    cancer

  • スキルス癌スキルスがん

    scirrhous carcinoma

  • タール癌タールがん

    tar cancer; tar carcinoma

  • ヒト癌細胞ヒトがんさいぼう

    human cancer cell

  • 上咽頭癌じょういんとうがん

    epipharyngeal cancer; epiglottal carcinoma

  • 下咽頭癌かいんとうがん

    hypopharyngeal cancer; cancer of the hypopharynx

  • 中咽頭癌ちゅういんとうがん

    oropharyngeal cancer; cancer of the oropharynx

  • 人工癌じんこうがん

    artificially induced cancer

  • 制癌せいがん

    antitumor; anticancer; anticarcinogenic; carcinostatic

  • 制癌剤せいがんざい

    anti-cancer drug; cancer-inhibiting drug

  • 前癌状態ぜんがんじょうたい

    precancerous state; premalignant state

  • 口腔癌こうこうがん

    oral cancer

  • 咽頭癌いんとうがん

    pharyngeal cancer; cancer of the pharynx

  • 固形癌こけいがん

    solid cancer; solid tumor; solid tumour

  • 基底細胞癌きていさいぼうがん

    basal cell carcinoma; BCC

  • 子宮体癌しきゅうたいがん

    cancer of the uterine body

  • 子宮内膜癌しきゅうないまくがん

    endometrial cancer

  • 小児癌しょうにがん

    childhood cancer; pediatric cancer

  • 扁平上皮癌へんぺいじょうひがん

    squamous cell carcinoma; SCC

  • 担癌たんがん

    tumour-bearing; tumor-bearing; cancer-bearing

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Etymology

癌 combines 疒 (sickness) with 嵒, which likely contributes the sound ガン and may suggest a hard, rock-like mass (from 山 and 品/石 associations). The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 嵒, which looks like piled rocks or a craggy mountain. Picture a hard, rocky tumor growing inside the body: that is cancer.

Reading mnemonic

For ガン, imagine a gun-shaped tumor that spreads like a bullet: gun -> ガン, and the cancerous evil shoots through the body.