sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer
Refers to a person who has committed a sin or crime, often with a moral or religious connotation. Can be used in both serious and literary contexts.
He was judged as a sinner.
罪人の更生を支援する団体がある。
There are organizations that support the rehabilitation of wrongdoers.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 罪 (tsumi, 'sin, crime') and 人 (hito, 'person'), with rendaku voicing of hito to bito. The exact historical derivation is straightforward.