Word Meaning 犯人

はんにん hannin

犯人 is read as はんにん (hannin) and means offender.

Meaning

English

  1. offender
  2. criminal
  3. culprit

Reading

Kana

はんにん

Romaji

hannin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 3870 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

犯罪人

はんざいにん

criminal

犯人を捕まえる

はんにんをつかまえる

to arrest the culprit

戦争犯罪人

せんそうはんざいにん

war criminal

現行犯人

げんこうはんにん

flagrant offender

真犯人

しんはんにん

the real criminal

放火犯人

ほうかはんにん

arsonist

逃亡犯罪人

とうぼうはんざいにん

fugitive from justice

犯人捜し

はんにんさがし

searching for the culprit

犯人像

はんにんぞう

criminal profile

犯人隠避

はんにんいんぴ

(crime of) aiding a criminal to avoid capture

犯人蔵匿罪

はんにんぞうとくざい

(crime of) harboring a fugitive (harbouring)

Example Sentences

10

You're a criminal.

The perpetrator was Canadian.

Was the culprit found?

Is Tom guilty?

The criminal is still at large.

This person always plays the role of a criminal.

The criminal was arrested by the police.

The criminal was caught in the act.

The culprit was a Canadian man.

The criminal gave himself up to the police.