fàn

commit crime

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𢎘 represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

is a component form of .

𢎘 sound component

𢎘  Sound component

hàn

  

flower bud

Evolution

犯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
犯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
犯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fàn

commit crime, violate; criminal; to violate; to offend; to assault; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)

Most common words with 犯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

犯罪

crime

to violate

罪犯

criminal

侵犯

to infringe on

犯规

a foul