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犯

crime
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingハン、ボン
Kun readingおか.す
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. crimeRtK
  2. sin
  3. offense
  1. to commit (e.g. crime)
  2. to perpetrate
  3. to make (e.g. mistake)
  4. to break (e.g. rule)
  5. to violate

Popular Usage

犯す

Radicals and components

Radical犬dog犭variant
Components
How it's built
犯
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pack of wild dogs · fingerprint

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1517

Compound words

犯すおかす
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake); to break (e.g. rule); to violate
共犯きょうはん
complicity
主犯しゅはん
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
侵犯しんぱん
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
戦犯せんぱん
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
犯行はんこう
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
犯罪はんざい
crime; offence; offense
犯人はんにん
offender; criminal; culprit
防犯ぼうはん
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
犯罪者はんざいしゃ
criminal; culprit
現行犯げんこうはん
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
政治犯せいじはん
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner
防犯カメラぼうはんカメラ
security camera
虞犯ぐはん
being likely to commit a crime
再犯さいはん
second offense
事犯じはん
punishable offense
共犯者きょうはんしゃ
accomplice
軍事犯ぐんじはん
military offense
刑事犯けいじはん
criminal offense
軽犯罪けいはんざい
minor offence
国事犯こくじはん
political offence
再犯者さいはんしゃ
second offender
思想犯しそうはん
ideological offense
窃盗犯せっとうはん
theft

On Reading Examples

犯罪の全貌はまだ明らかになっていない。はんざい
We do not yet know everything about the crime.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は法を犯したかどで訴えられた。
He was accused of having violated the law.tatoeba
彼は法を犯した。
He broke the law.tatoeba
彼は父親の犯罪の手先であった。
He was the instrument of his father's crimes.tatoeba
彼は不注意のために、誤りを犯した。
He made a mistake through carelessness.tatoeba
禁を犯すものは死刑。
Those who break the prohibitions shall be given a capital punishment.wiki
ついに戒律を犯すばかりか、酒に酔いつぶれ、眠ってしまう。
At last he not only violates the commandment but also gets drunk into sleep.wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 犯

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