The kanji 犯: meaning, readings and stroke order

犯

Meaning: commit, crime
On reading: ハン han
Kun reading: おか（す） okasu
Strokes: 5
Radical: 犬 dog
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phạm (lỗi), tội (phạm)
Japanese: わるいことをする。つみ。
Korean: 저지르다, 죄 (범)
Chinese: 犯错、犯罪

Readings, words and example sentences

ハン han · on reading

犯はん人にん
culprit, criminal
物語の 犯はん人にんがやっとわかりました。
At last, I found out who did it in the story.

おか（す） okasu · kun reading · less common

犯おかす
to commit (a mistake or crime)
大きなあやまちを 犯おかしました。
He made a big mistake.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.