Dong Chinese dictionary

fàn

commit crime

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

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

𢎘 Sound component

hàn

flower bud

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𢎘 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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

Sources