癌症 áizhèng HSK7 cancer Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 癌 ái cancer Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 嵒 represents the sound. Components 疒 疒 Meaning component nè sick 嵒 嵒 Sound component yán, niè cliff Sources Readings & variants Unicode 症 zhèng disease Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癥. Components 疒 疒 Meaning component nè sick 正 正 Sound component zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangtjɯŋs Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang