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犯 = 㔾 + 犭

犯 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “crime”. It is built from 㔾 (fingerprint) and 犭 (pack of wild dogs). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1517.

Keyword
crime
RTK frame
1517
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハン, ボン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おか.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
преступление
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
犯 commit crime

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㔾 fingerprint
  2. 犭 pack of wild dogs

How to find 犯 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fingerprint” + “pack of wild dogs”. 犯 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 犯 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.