犯

Glyph origin
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Etymology
"To pass over" > "to offend against, oppose". Compare.

This character originally had bilabial nasal (*-m) final in Old and Middle Chinese, but had undergone dissimilation (from bilabial plosive *b-) to become *-n in most dialects. However, there are still some dialects that retain this feature, such as Meixian and Teochew dialect. Similar dissimilation happened in and.

Definitions

 * 1) to infringe on; to attack; to encroach
 * 2) to commit ; to violate
 * 3) criminal; offender; culprit
 * 4) to happen; to break out
 * 5) to brave; to face; to withstand
 * 6) to be worth; to merit; to deserve; to be worthy of
 * 1) to happen; to break out
 * 2) to brave; to face; to withstand
 * 3) to be worth; to merit; to deserve; to be worthy of
 * 1) to brave; to face; to withstand
 * 2) to be worth; to merit; to deserve; to be worthy of

Synonyms






Kanji

 * 1) crime, offense
 * 2) criminal, culprit, offender

Etymology
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From,.

Suffix

 * 1) perpetrators of a crime
 * 2) some types of crime

Etymology
From.