Chinese symbol for “felony”

重罪

zhòng zuì

serious crime; felony

The closest CC-CEDICT match for felony is 重罪 (zhòng zuì), defined as: serious crime; felony.

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Characters and stroke order

重 zhòng

heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat

radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes

罪 zuì

sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime

radical 122 ⽹ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 重罪.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
重要	zhòng yào	important; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)	yán zhòng	grave; serious; severe; critical
重点 (重點)	chóng diǎn	to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
重新	chóng xīn	again; once more; re-
重大	zhòng dà	great; important
犯罪	fàn zuì	to commit a crime; crime; offense
罪犯	zuì fàn	criminal
罪行	zuì xíng	crime; offense

See also: Japanese symbol for “felony”.

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.