罪(zuì)

HSK 613 strokes

guilt

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Character information

Pinyin
zuì
Meaning
guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 罪 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱罒非

A net 罒 of wrongdoing 非

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

罒wǎng非fēi

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 罪 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 罪

Common words using 罪 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fàn犯zuì罪
HSK 6

to commit a crime

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zuì罪è恶
HSK 6

crime

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dé得zuì罪
HSK 7-9

to commit an offense

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zuì罪fàn犯
HSK 7-9

criminal

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zuì罪kuí魁huò祸shǒu首
HSK 7-9

(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

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dài代zuì罪

to act as a scapegoat; to take the blame for sb else

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fú伏zuì罪

variant of 服罪[fu2 zui4]

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rù入zuì罪

to criminalize (an activity)

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 罪’s common words

犯恶得魁祸首代伏

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