强奸罪 (qiáng jiān zuì) — crime of rape; forcible rape

Definition

noun

crime of rapeforcible rape

强奸罪。
Tā yīn qiáng jiān zuì bèi pàn le shí nián tú xíng.
He was sentenced to ten years in prison for the crime of rape.
强奸罪。
Fǎ lǜ duì qiáng jiān zuì de chǔ fá fēi cháng yán lì.
The law punishes the crime of rape very severely.
强奸罪。
Shòu hài zhě yǒng gǎn dì zhàn chū lái zhǐ kòng qiáng jiān zuì.
The victim bravely stepped forward to accuse the crime of rape.

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.

强奸

偏正Modifier + head

强奸 (rape) and 罪 (crime) combine to mean the crime of rape.

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.

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

女干奸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

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.

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

罒非罪

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

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