癌 Strokes Write it Listen 癌 ái cancer; carcinoma; also pr. [yán] HSK 7–9 17 strokes Radical 疒 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from疒meaningnèsickness, disease嵒soundyáncliff, rocks, mountain How it works疒 hints at the meaning (sickness), and 嵒 yán hints at the sound.