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Kanji Detail for 奸 - "violate, wicked, adultery"

  • Meaning

    奸 means "violate, wicked, adultery."

    1. Violate - To transgress against principles.

    2. Wicked - Evil; wrong; unjust.

    3. Adultery - For a man and woman to have an improper relationship.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wickedness; mischief; rudeness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    crafty, villainous, false

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    wicked; crafty; traitor; variant of 姦|奸[jian1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery

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

    To violate. | Selfish; deceitful. Such as 作奸犯科, meaning acting deceitfully and violating regulations. | Now often interchangeable with 姦. 姦 is also written as 姧. Mistakenly simplified to 奸.
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