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

  • Meaning

    犯 means "commit, violate, crime."

    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.

  • 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.
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Sentences including

  • 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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