yán

癌

Character · Noun

archaic variant of 岩

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples
1.

noun

archaic variant of 岩; rock; cliff

archaic

This archaic reading is no longer used in modern standard Chinese.

Gǔ古
wén文
xiàn献
zhōng中
ái‘
cháng癌
 ’
tōng常
yán通
 ‘
 岩
 ’
 。

In ancient texts, 癌 is often used interchangeably with 岩.