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犯

fàn

HSK 3.0 · 6

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fàn · faan6 (Jyutping)

  1. to violate
  2. to offend
  3. to assault
  4. criminal
  5. crime
  6. to make a mistake
  7. recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

犯

Meaning
commit crime, violate; criminal
Radical
犭
Strokes
5
Components
⿰犭㔾
Cangjie
KHSU
Four-corner
4721.2

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