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Kotomora

犯

crime, sin, offense

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes5

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

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  • 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

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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.