犯
Crime
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| はん | おか.す |  + 巳 |
Meaning: Crime
There’s an animal next to a snake. You’re looking at both of them, trying to figure it out. The animal and the snake were part of a huge crime that took place, and you need to solve it. How did the criminal use these two things to commit the crime?
Imagine the animal (choose an animal) and the snake laying there, next to an open vault. How did he use these things? How could the crime be committed this way?
Reading: はん
As you poke around trying to solve the crime, you open up the snake and see something inside. It’s a laser blaster, just like the one Han (はん) Solo uses! This is a good lead… perhaps Han is behind this crime!
Now imagine Han Solo committing the crime you thought of. How does he use the snake and animal to steal whatever’s in the vault?
Vocabulary
Check out the first two words. You should be able to memorize their meanings before moving on (and at least the second one’s reading, as well).
a 犯す（おかす）＝ To Commit
- Meaning: the verb form of this kanji, in a way. This “commit” is for “to commit a crime”
- Reading: The reading is the kun’yomi reading. What crime did you commit? You committed the crime of saying “Okay” (おか) wayyyy too many times.
a 犯人（はんにん）＝ Criminal
- Combo: 犯 (crime) + 人 (person)
- Meaning: A crime person is a criminal.
- Reading; The reading is the on’yomi readings of the individual kanji, combined into one, just like the power rangers do it.