犯 (fàn): to violate, to offend, to assault
犯 (fàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to violate.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 犭 (semantic) and 㔾 (phonetic). It ranks #767 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 犯 dog. Its radical form 犭 (dog) appears in many related characters such as 狗 (gǒu, dog), 猫 (māo, cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])), 状 (zhuàng, (bound form) form).
Definitions
- to violate
- to offend
- to assault
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime |
| 罪犯 | zuì fàn | criminal |
| 犯人 | fàn rén | convict |
| 嫌犯 | xián fàn | criminal suspect |
| 冒犯 | mào fàn | to offend |
| 嫌疑犯 | xián yí fàn | a suspect |
| 杀人犯 | shā rén fàn | murderer |
| 疑犯 | yí fàn | a suspect |
| 囚犯 | qiú fàn | prisoner |
| 侵犯 | qīn fàn | to infringe on |
| 犯规 | fàn guī | to break the rules |
| 犯法 | fàn fǎ | to break the law |
| 逃犯 | táo fàn | escaped criminal |
| 强奸犯 | qiáng jiān fàn | rapist |
| 触犯 | chù fàn | to violate |
犯 appears in 100 compound words: 38 as the first character, 54 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 犯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 犯.
Example Sentences
了解犯字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè fàn zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "犯" (fàn) helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
...马影响中国战备?沈有忠:短期内大规模武力犯台机率持续下降
. . . mǎ yǐng xiǎng zhōng guó zhàn bèi ? 沈 yǒu zhōng : duǎn qī nèi dà guī mó wǔ lì fàn tái jī lǜ chí xù xià jiàng
... Horses affect China's combat readiness? Shen Youzhong: The probability of large-scale armed invasion of Taiwan continues to decline in the short term
天公生8大禁忌曝光!触犯整年恐衰到底
tiān gōng shēng 8 dà jīn jì pù guāng ! chù fàn zhěng nián kǒng shuāi dào de
Tiangongsheng's 8 taboos exposed! I am afraid that it will decline to the end of the whole year
智谱认GLM-5大模型犯三错误
zhì pǔ rèn G L M 5 dà mó xíng fàn sān cuò wù
Zhipu recognizes that the GLM-5 model made three mistakes
...影展得奖名单/得奖者狠呛政府“以色列的共犯” 《坠后真相》女星再封后
. . . yǐng zhǎn dé jiǎng míng dān dé jiǎng zhě hěn qiàng zhèng fǔ yǐ sè liè de gòng fàn zhuì hòu zhēn xiāng nǚ xīng zài fēng hòu
... Film festival winner list/winners choked the government "Israel's accomplices" "The truth after the fall" actress was re-sealed
北港黄狗疑遭饲主高处丢下 警厘清其犯案动机
běi gǎng huáng gǒu yí zāo sì zhǔ gāo chǔ diū xià jǐng lí qīng qí fàn àn dòng jī
The Beigang yellow dog was suspected of being dropped by the owner at a height, and the police clarified his motive for committing the crime
如果我是同志那又怎样？这能构成犯罪吗？
Rúguǒ wǒ shì tóngzhì nà yòu zěnyàng? zhè néng gòuchéng fànzuì ma?
And if I were gay, would that be a crime?
他否认参与了犯罪。
Tā fǒurèn cānyù le fànzuì.
He denied having taken part in the crime.
犯人趁着夜晚逃走了。
Fànrén chèn zhe yèwǎn táozǒu le.
The prisoner escaped under cover of night.
粗心大意的人很容易犯错。
Cūxīndàyì de rén hěn róngyì fàncuò.
A careless person is apt to make mistakes.
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