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犯

fàn

commit crime

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 𢎘 represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

𢎘 sound component

𢎘  Sound component

hàn

  

flower bud

Evolution

犯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
犯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
犯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

犯  

fàn

commit crime, violate; criminal; to violate; to offend; to assault; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)

Most common words with 犯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

犯罪

crime

犯

to violate

罪犯

criminal

侵犯

to infringe on

犯规

a foul

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 69.0854% of movies

393rd most common character in movies

767th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+72AF

Shuowen

“犯，侵也。从犬，巳聲。”


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