罪 zuì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- Made of
- 罒 net, network 非 not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
罪犯
zuìfàn
criminal; offender
Characters in this word
犯 fàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 㔾 seal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 社会不能只惩罚罪犯，还必须追问犯罪背后的制度缺陷。 Shèhuì bù néng zhǐ chéngfá zuìfàn, hái bìxū zhuīwèn fànzuì bèihòu de zhìdù quēxiàn. Society cannot merely punish criminals; it must also question the institutional flaws behind crime.
- 警察花了三年时间，终于抓住了这名罪犯。 Jǐngchá huā le sān nián shíjiān, zhōngyú zhuāzhù le zhè míng zuìfàn. The police spent three years and finally caught this criminal.
- 罪犯也有改过的机会，社会应该给他们出路。 Zuìfàn yě yǒu gǎiguò de jīhuì, shèhuì yīnggāi gěi tāmen chūlù. Even criminals deserve a chance to reform; society should give them a way forward.
Related words
- 罪 zuì crime, guilt
- 得罪 dézuì to offend; to incur the displeasure of
- 犯罪 fànzuì to commit a crime; crime
- 受罪 shòuzuì to suffer; to endure hardship
- 罪魁祸首 zuìkuíhuòshǒu chief culprit; main cause of trouble
- 犯 fàn to commit a crime, to violate
- 触犯 chùfàn to violate; to offend
- 犯愁 fànchóu to worry; to be troubled by
- 犯规 fànguī to break rules; to commit a foul
- 冒犯 màofàn to offend; to affront
- 侵犯 qīnfàn to infringe upon; to violate; to encroach on
- 囚犯 qiúfàn prisoner; convict