Chinese Character 犯 Meanings and components.

Form

犯

Meaning

犯 meaning[3] in English

To Violate.

To Offend.

To Assault.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 犯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and 'seal' radical in … (㔾)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHSU

How to write 犯

To write犯fan4to violate you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 㔾xian1'seal' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 㔾 = 犯

犯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 犯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 犯, looks as follow:

犯
Pinyin:fan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Violate . To Offend . To Assault . Criminal . Crime . To Make A Mistake . Recurrence (Of Mistake Or Sth Bad)
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
㔾
Pinyin:xian1
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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