犯
crime, sin, offense
Readings
On'yomi
- ハン
- ボン
Kun'yomi
- おか.す
Meaning
犯 centers on violating a rule or moral boundary: committing a crime, sin, or offense.
Most common words using 犯
20 of 211- 犯罪はんざいN3
crime; offence; offense
- 犯人はんにんN3
offender; criminal; culprit
- 犯はん
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
- 犯すおかすN2
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake)
- 犯行はんこうN1
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
- 防犯ぼうはんN2
prevention of crime
- 戦犯せんぱん
war criminal
- 共犯きょうはん
complicity
- 真犯人しんはんにん
the real criminal; true culprit
- 侵犯しんぱん
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
- 主犯しゅはん
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
- 常習犯じょうしゅうはん
habitual criminal; recidivist
- 再犯さいはん
second offense; second offence; reoffending; recidivism
- 軽犯罪けいはんざいN2
minor offence; minor offense; misdemeanor; misdemeanour
- 重犯じゅうはん
felony; major offence
- 初犯しょはん
first offence; first offense
- 軽犯罪法けいはんざいほう
Minor Offenses Act
- 正犯せいはん
principal offense; principal offence; principal offender
- 事犯じはん
punishable offense; crime
- 盗犯とうはん
burglary; larceny
Study
Etymology
犯 combines 犭 (dog/beast) with 㔾, which likely contributes the sound and suggests an animal-like transgression or attack.
Meaning mnemonic
A wild beast 犭 on the right 㔾: imagine a dog breaking the rules, committing a crime.
Reading mnemonic
For ハン, picture a handcuffed criminal in a cell: handcuff -> ハン, and the beast-like crime is punished.