# 犯 — Crime

Frequency rank 622 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 低 (Low), less common than 毎 (Every).

- On’yomi: はん
- Kun’yomi: おか
- Radical: 犬 Dog (Kangxi 94)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

An animal on the left slinks past a snake on the right — an animal and a snake together commit crimes in the night, a duo of criminals.

In words:

- 犯す おかす — to commit;to perpetrate;to violate;to rape
- 犯罪 はんざい — crime
- 犯人 はんにん — offender,criminal

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