教唆犯 (jiào suō fàn) — (legal) abettor, instigator (one who incites another to commit a crime)

Definition

Legal term for the person who incites or urges another to commit a crime — distinguished from 实行犯 (shíxíngfàn), the person who actually carries it out. Both share criminal liability, but 教唆犯 is punished for the instigation itself.

noun
(legal) abettorinstigator (one who incites another to commit a crime)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 教唆犯。
    Fǎ yuàn rèn dìng tā shì zhè qǐ àn jiàn de jiào suō fàn.
    The court determined that he was the instigator of this case.
  • 教唆犯。
    jiào suō fàn Yǔ shí xíng fàn dōu yào chéng dān xíng shì zé rèn.
    Both the instigator and the actual perpetrator bear criminal responsibility.
  • 教唆犯。
    Fǎ lǜ duì jiào suō fàn de chǔ fá yǒu míng què guī dìng.
    The law has clear provisions for punishing instigators.

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incitement
教jiàoincite唆suōincite
联合Side by side
犯fànoffender

教 and 唆 mean to incite, and 犯 means an offender, giving an instigator.

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.

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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
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.

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