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Kanji Detail for 犯 - "to violate, crime, to commit"

犯

  • Meaning

    犯 means "to violate, crime, to commit."

    1. Commit - To perpetrate; to do wrong.

    2. Violate - To break rules; to transgress.

    3. Crime - An illegal act; an offense.

    4. Criminal - One who commits crimes.

  • Words using 犯

    • 犯罪 はんざい Listen crime; offence; offense
    • 犯行 はんこう Listen crime; criminal act; offence
    • 犯人 はんにん Listen offender; criminal; culprit
    • 現行犯 げんこうはん Listen flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
    • 防犯 ぼうはん Listen prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
    • 政治犯 せいじはん Listen political offense; political offence; political crime
    • 共犯 きょうはん Listen complicity
    • 戦犯 せんぱん Listen war criminal

  • Four-character idioms with 犯

    • 一生不犯 いっしょうふぼん Listen (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy

  • Tattoo check: 犯

    • Verified meaning: to violate, crime, to commit
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    crime; sin; offense

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    commit crime, violate; criminal

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    criminal; to violate, to commit a crime

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To violate. Entering where one should not, willingly committing an offense. As in 干犯 (to offend), 冒犯 (to affront), 觸犯 (to violate). (Mencius) "A gentleman offends against righteousness. A petty person offends against the law." | A guilty person is called 犯, meaning one who has violated the law. | [Character analysis] Right part is 㔾 (Fanqie: 胡感切). The common form using 巳 (si) is incorrect.

  • Onyomi

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    bon(ボン) ボン

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

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    oka.su(おか-す) おか-す

  • Strokes

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    5 strokes

  • Radical

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    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to commit to violate crime criminal offender offense violation breach break culpability delinquency felony guilt illegal infringement misconduct misdeed misdemeanor perpetrate transgress trespass wrong

Sentences including 犯

  • We make not a few mistakes when speaking in english.

  • Why do you take such a risk?

  • It was my brother that made the mistake.

  • He was guilty of making a mistake.

  • We believed that jim had made a mistake.

  • He made a mistake through carelessness.

  • The police caught sight of the criminal running away.

  • You are not to break the law.

  • I'm very sorry about the mistake.

  • Anybody can make a mistake.

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