perpetrator of a crime; crime
Suffix used in legal and news contexts to form nouns denoting a type of crime or its perpetrator. Often appears in compounds like 殺人犯 (murderer) or 窃盗犯 (theft).
He was arrested as a murder suspect.
The methods of theft are becoming more sophisticated.
犯 (crime/perpetrator suffix) and 判 (judgment, seal, or size counter) share the reading はん but have completely unrelated meanings and kanji.
crime; offense
offender; criminal; culprit
crime; criminal act; offense
crime prevention · security (device, camera, etc.)
complicity; joint perpetration
violation; invasion; infringement
principal offender; principal offense
habitual criminal; recidivist · recidivism; habitual criminal activity
second offense; reoffending; recidivism
Standard kanji form for this suffix.
The kanji 犯 means 'crime' or 'violation'. As a suffix, it derives from its use in Chinese compounds to denote a type of crime or offender.
felony; major offense · felon; repeat offender
first offense · first-time offender
principal offense; principal offender
punishable offense; crime
burglary; larceny; theft
war criminal · person responsible for a team's defeat
infringement; violation
accomplice; complicity
criminal intent; malice
criminal record
evidence of a crime; criminal evidence
repeated offense; recidivism
pre-delinquency; likelihood of committing a crime
offense; violation
abandoned attempt; voluntary abandonment of a crime