Kanji

犯

犯

crime, sin, offense

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

5 strokes

Radical

犬部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ハン, ボン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おかす

Common Readings

ハン, おか…す

Example sentences

犯人 はんにん
警察 は ついに その 犯人 を 捕まえた 。

The police finally caught the culprit.

でない でない
彼 が 犯人 でない こと は 明らか だ 。

It is clear that he is not the culprit.

犯す おかす
彼 は 重大 な 過ち を 犯してしまった

He committed a serious mistake.

ときに ときに
人 は ときに 間違い を 犯す 。

People sometimes make mistakes.

犯罪 はんざい
犯罪 の ない 社会 を 作りたい 。

I want to create a society without crime.

囲う かこう
犯人 を 家 の 中 に 囲う の は 犯罪 です 。

Harboring a criminal in one's house is a crime.

犯罪者 はんざいしゃ
警察 は ついに その 犯罪者 を 捕まえた 。

The police finally caught that criminal.

犯行 はんこう
警察 は 防犯カメラ の 映像 から 犯行 を 特定 した 。

The police identified the criminal act from the security camera footage.

証拠 しょうこ
警察 は 犯行 の 動かぬ 証拠 を 見つけた 。

The police found undeniable evidence of the crime.

犯 はん
彼 は 前科 三 犯 の 泥棒 だ 。

He is a thief with three prior convictions.

Example Vocabulary

犯人

はんにん

culprit; perpetrator; criminal

犯す

おかす

to commit (a crime); to violate (a rule); to rape

犯罪

はんざい

crime; offense

犯罪者

はんざいしゃ

criminal; perpetrator

犯行

はんこう

criminal act; crime

犯

はん

suffix indicating the number of criminal convictions

罪を犯す

つみをおかす

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

真犯人

しんはんにん

共犯者

きょうはんしゃ

防犯

ぼうはん

crime prevention

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