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强奸犯 (qiáng jiān fàn) — rapist

Definition

noun
rapist
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 强奸犯。
    Nà ge qiáng jiān fàn bèi pàn le èr shí nián.
    That rapist was sentenced to twenty years.
  • 强奸犯。
    Jǐng fāng hěn kuài jiù zhuā zhù le zhè ge qiáng jiān fàn.
    The police quickly caught this rapist.
  • 强奸犯。
    Shòu hài zhě yǒng gǎn dì zhǐ rèn le qiáng jiān fàn.
    The victim bravely identified the rapist.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

强奸rape
强qiángforce奸jiānrape
偏正Modifier + head
犯fànoffender

强奸 names the crime, and 犯 points to the person who commits it.

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 強; 强 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 強 pairs an insect component with a sound component; this explains 強, not the simplified 强.

Open 强 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
干
干gān奸jiān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

奸 is written with 女 (woman) on the left and 干 on the right; the evidence says 干 gives the sound and 女 marks the meaning.

Open 奸 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢎘
𢎘𢎘犯fàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

犯 combines 犬 and 𢎘: 犬 gives the meaning, and 𢎘 gives the sound.

Open 犯 →
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