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犯 — 5 strokes / Radical「⺨」

道
6Elementary year 5 / 5 strokes / Radical「⺨」
On
ハンはん · han
Kun
おか(す)oka(su)
Meaning
to commit (a crime); offence

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

犭 "beast" plus 㔾 "a kneeling person"; a beast falling upon a person — hence "to violate, offence."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onハンはんhan犯罪はんざい共犯きょうはん侵犯しんぱん
Kunおかすokasu犯すおかす

Compare: 侵す・冒す

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 犯人はんにん

    culprit; offender

  • 防犯ぼうはん

    crime prevention

More words with this kanji

  • 犯罪はんざい
  • 虞犯ぐはん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

町(まち)の防犯(ぼうはん)カメラが増(ふ)えた。

The town's security cameras have increased.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

犯人防犯犯人person防to pre…独alone犲a jack…狃to get…狆a Japa…狄a nort…判to jud…版printi…凡ordina…反opposi…半half
CompoundRadicalReading

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