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Chinese symbol for “felon”

重犯
zhòng fàn
serious criminal; felon

The closest CC-CEDICT match for felon is 重犯 (zhòng fàn), defined as: serious criminal; felon.

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Characters and stroke order

重 zhòng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes
犯 fàn
criminal; to violate, to commit a crime
radical 94 ⽝ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “felon”

WordPinyinMeaning
指疔zhǐ dīngwhitlow; felon

Related words

Other words that share a character with 重犯.

WordPinyinMeaning
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical
重点 (重點)chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
犯罪fàn zuìto commit a crime; crime; offense
侵犯qīn fànto infringe on; to encroach on
罪犯zuì fàncriminal

See also: Japanese symbol for “felon”.

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.