Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

犯: crime, sin

Also: offense

JLPT N35 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

⺨ carries the meaning · 㔾 gives the sound

5 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 犯罪はんざいcrime
  • 犯行はんこうcriminal act
  • 犯人はんにんoffender, criminal
  • 防犯ぼうはんcrime prevention
  • 初犯しょはんfirst offender
  • 共犯きょうはんaccomplice
  • 戦犯せんぱんwar criminal
  • 殺人犯さつじんはんmurderer
  • 知能犯ちのうはんintellectual criminal

おかすokasu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 犯すおかすcommit, perpetrate, violate

Also read ボン, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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“Watch the wild beast stalking through the brush! These three quick strokes capture the energy of a four-legged animal on the prowl.”
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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺨

Also built on beast (⺨)

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Also read ハン

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Also read ボン

3 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fàn

Same form: 犯 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
犯 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
犯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fàn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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