教唆罪 (jiào suō zuì) — crime of instigation; solicitation to commit a crime

Definition

A legal noun: the offense of urging or persuading someone else to commit a crime, where the instigator did not carry out the act themselves. In Chinese criminal law it is charged separately from the principal offense (主罪).

noun
crime of instigationsolicitation to commit a crime

Examples

  • 教唆罪。
    Tā yīn wèi jiào suō zuì bèi pàn le sān nián yǒu qī tú xíng.
    He was sentenced to three years in prison for the crime of instigation.
  • 教唆罪。
    Zhè ge àn jiàn shè jí yán zhòng de jiào suō zuì.
    This case involves a serious crime of instigation.
  • 教唆罪。
    Fǎ lǜ duì jiào suō zuì de rèn dìng yǒu yán gé biāo zhǔn.
    The law has strict standards for identifying the crime of instigation.

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.

教唆instigate
教jiàourge唆suōincite
联合Side by side
罪zuìcrime

教唆罪 joins 教唆 meaning to instigate with 罪 meaning crime to name the crime of urging wrongdoing.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
子子zǐchild
攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority
Sound part声符shēngfú
爻
爻yáo教jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

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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
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
夋
夋qūn唆suō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 口 shows a mouth, and the right part 夋 was chosen for its sound.

Open 唆 →

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).

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