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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
罪 character · TOCFL 3 (est.)
罪 ＝ 罒 ＋ 非
ㄗㄨㄟˋ · zuì
noun — crime, guilt, sin; fault, blame

字源 FORM — what the parts do

罒義a net — what snares the wrongdoerthe 网 radical, flattened on top
非聲fēi — gives the sound (irregular)two wings turned apart — what is wrong
≠fēi → zuì — an irregular shift; 非 also reads as "wrong"
A net (罒) over a wrong (非) — the law's net dropped on what is not right. 非 reads "wrong" and carries the sound. What the net catches is the crime, the blame: 犯罪、罪過、得罪.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

法網（罒）落下，網住了那件不對的事（非）——罪。
The law's net (罒) drops and snares the thing that is wrong (非) — the crime.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)罪、罪過— crime, guilt, fault常用
→犯罪、得罪— to commit a crime; to offend
⇒受罪、活受罪— to suffer (as if punished)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
辠zuìthe graph it replaced — 辠 wrote guilt with 辛 (a branding knife), 罪 with the net 罒非fēithe sound-and-sense donor — add the net 罒 over the wrong for crime