罪

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guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A net 罒 of wrongdoing 非

Components 罒非

guilt · Heisig RSH #1269

目 eye + jail cell

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
反人道罪行	fǎn rén dào zuì xíng	crime against humanity
不知者不罪	bù zhī zhě bù zuì	One who does not know is not guilty; If one does not know any better, one cannot be held r…
反人道罪	fǎn rén dào zuì	a crime against humanity
罪有应得	zuì yǒu yīng dé	guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement; the punishm…
公共安全罪	gōng gòng ān quán zuì	crime against public order
入罪化	rù zuì huà	to criminalize (an activity)
罪人	zuì rén	sinner
无罪	wú zuì	innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime)
自罪	zì zuì	actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪); conscious sin
罪性	zuì xìng	sinful nature
有罪	yǒu zuì	guilty
罪行	zuì xíng	crime; offense
死要面子活受罪	sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì	to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
出罪	chū zuì	(law) to exempt from punishment
千古罪人	qiān gǔ zuì rén	sb condemned by history (idiom)
开罪	kāi zuì	to offend sb; to give offense; to displease
无罪推定	wú zuì tuī dìng	presumption of innocence (law)
反人类罪	fǎn rén lèi zuì	crimes against humanity
重罪	zhòng zuì	serious crime; felony
定罪	dìng zuì	to convict (sb of a crime)