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罪

zuì

crime

Original meaning: 

fishing net

Phonosemantic compound. 网 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fishing net". The current meaning, originally written 辠, is a phonetic loan.

Components
网 meaning component

网  Meaning component

wǎng

  

net

非 sound component

非  Sound component

fēi

  

not

Evolution

罪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罪 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
罪 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
罪 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

罪  

zuì

crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship; guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin

罪 (辠) 

zuì

variant of 罪[zuì], crime

Most common words with 罪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

犯罪

crime

罪

guilt

罪犯

criminal

罪名

accusation

罪行

crime

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]ˤujʔ

dzwojX

zuì

crime, offense


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 56.9758% of movies

480th most common character in movies

718th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+7F6A

Shuowen

“罪，捕魚竹网。从网、非。秦以罪為辠字。”


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