犯罪

fànzuì

Traditional: 犯罪

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Translation

to commit a crime, crime

Word origin

A verb-object compound of 犯 (fàn, to violate, to offend) and 罪 (zuì, crime, guilt), together meaning to commit an offence. The character 罪 contains the net radical 罒 over 非 (wrong).

Origin
compound
Root
犯 (fàn, to violate) + 罪 (zuì, crime)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 犯

Stroke order for 罪

Examples

He was arrested for committing a crime.

Crime must be punished.

The crime rate in this city is very low.

He went down the path of crime.

The police are cracking down on crime.

犯罪 (fàn zuì) means to commit a crime, or crime itself. It is used for breaking the law.

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