犯

commit; crime; sin; offense

5 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 874.

Readings

• ハン (on reading): 犯罪 (はんざい) crime; 犯人 (はんにん) offender
• おかす (kun reading): 犯す (おかす) to commit (e.g. crime); 禁を犯す (きんをおかす) to break the prohibition (law)
• ボン (on reading): 女犯 (にょぼん) sin of having sexual relations with a woman (for a Buddhist priest); 不犯 (ふぼん) strict observance of the commandment that all priests should be celibate

Components

• ⺨
• 㔾
• 乙 radical second; fishhook
• 卩 radical seal
• ⺨ radical dog, left-side form of 犬

Words using 犯

• 犯罪 (はんざい) crime
• 犯人 (はんにん) offender
• 犯行 (はんこう) crime
• 犯罪者 (はんざいしゃ) criminal
• 殺人犯 (さつじんはん) murderer
• 犯す (おかす) to commit (e.g. crime)
• 禁を犯す (きんをおかす) to break the prohibition (law)
• 罪を犯す (つみをおかす) to commit a crime
• 法を犯す (ほうをおかす) to violate the law
• 過ちを犯す (あやまちをおかす) to make an error
• 女犯 (にょぼん) sin of having sexual relations with a woman (for a Buddhist priest)
• 不犯 (ふぼん) strict observance of the commandment that all priests should be celibate
• 一生不犯 (いっしょうふぼん) (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy
• 犯る (やる) to rape

219 words in all.

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