Japanese symbol for “complicity”
共犯
きょうはん
Romaji: kyouhan
complicity
In Japanese, complicity is 共犯, read きょうはん (kyouhan).
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Meanings
- n complicity
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “complicity”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共謀 | きょうぼう kyoubou | conspiracy; collusion; complicity |
| 加担 | かたん katan | support; participation; assistance |
| 従犯 | じゅうはん juuhan | accomplice; complicity |
| 連累 | れんるい renrui | complicity; implication; involvement |
| 共犯関係 | きょうはんかんけい kyouhankankei | complicity (in a crime); collusion |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共同 | きょうどう kyoudou | cooperation; collaboration; association |
| 共通 | きょうつう kyoutsuu | common; shared; mutual |
| 公共 | こうきょう koukyou | public (facilities, service, etc.); communal |
| 共に | ともに tomoni | together; jointly |
| 共有 | きょうゆう kyouyuu | joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint) |
| 共感 | きょうかん kyoukan | sympathy; empathy; response |
| 犯罪 | はんざい hanzai | crime; offence; offense |
| 犯人 | はんにん hannin | offender; criminal; culprit |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.