Chinese symbol for “crime”
罪行
zuì xíng
crime; offense
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crime is 罪行 (zuì xíng), defined as: crime; offense.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “crime”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罪恶 (罪惡) | zuì è | crime; evil |
| 辜 | gū | (bound form) crime; sin; (literary) to abandon; to betray |
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime; crime; offense |
| 罪 | zuì | guilt; crime |
| 犯 | fàn | to violate; to offend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 罪行.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime; crime; offense |
| 罪犯 | zuì fàn | criminal |
| 罪名 | zuì míng | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation |
| 罪恶 (罪惡) | zuì è | crime; evil |
| 有罪 | yǒu zuì | guilty |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crime”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.