音読み: ハン
訓読み: おかす
画数: 5
部首: けものへん（犭）
Meaning
Crime / Offense / Violation
- Basic forms
- 犯す — commit; violate / base form
- 犯します — commit; violate / masu form
- 犯した — committed; violated / ta form
- 犯して — commit and … / te form
- 犯さない — do not commit / negative
- 犯せば — if (one) commits / conditional
- 犯せ — commit! / imperative
- Common uses
- 罪を犯す — commit a crime
- 法律を犯す — violate the law
- 過ちを犯した — made a serious mistake
犯す（おかす） is a godan verb. It is used for **serious violations** — crimes, laws, rules, or grave mistakes — and sounds formal or heavy compared to more casual verbs.
- 犯人 — criminal / offender
- 犯罪 — crime
- 共犯 — accomplice
- 防犯 — crime prevention
- 違犯 — violation
- 犯す — to commit (a crime)
犯 combines 犭 (beast/animal radical) with the component 氾 (overflow/violate). It originally suggested crossing a boundary or breaking a rule, later extending to crimes and offenses. The nuance is strong — it implies both legal violation and moral transgression.