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伤害罪 (shāng hài zuì) — crime of injury (legal term); offense of causing bodily harm

Definition

Legal term for the crime of causing bodily harm to another person. As a specific criminal charge, it sits alongside other -罪 offenses (e.g. 盗窃罪, 杀人罪) in 刑法.

noun
crime of injury (legal term)offense of causing bodily harm

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā bèi kòng fàn yǒu shāng hài zuì, zhèng zài jiē shòu shěn pàn.
    He is charged with the crime of injury and is on trial.
  • 伤害罪。
    shāng hài zuì Zài xíng fǎ zhōng yǒu míng què de liàng xíng biāo zhǔn.
    The crime of injury has clear sentencing standards in criminal law.
  • 伤害罪。
    Shòu hài zhě jiā shǔ yāo qiú zhuī jiū shāng hài zuì de zé rèn.
    The victim's family demands that liability for the injury offense be pursued.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

伤害injury
伤shānginjure害hàiharm
联合Coordinate
罪zuìcrime

伤 and 害 both mean harm, and 罪 “crime” builds the sense “a crime of causing harm.”

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傷; 伤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
𥏻
𥏻𥏻傷shāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傷 shows 人, a person, and uses 𥏻 to give the sound; the simplified 伤 is a later shorthand.

Open 伤 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丯
丯jiè害hài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

害 was borrowed purely for its sound. Its old picture, possibly a house rafter, is unrelated to harm.

Open 害 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

罪 puts 罒 (a net, written fully as 网) over 非 (mistake).

Open 罪 →
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