U+7F6A "罪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+7F6A "罪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "crime," "sin," "guilt," or "fault," and it is composed of the radical for "net" (罒) above the character for "non" or "not" (非), visually suggesting the idea of being caught in a net of wrongdoing. This character is widely used in both modern and classical written Chinese, as well as in Japanese (where it is read as "tsumi" or "zai") and Korean (where it is read as "joe"), and it appears in common words such as "犯罪" (fànzuì, to commit a crime) and "罪悪" (zaiaku, evil or wickedness). Its significance extends beyond literal legal contexts to encompass moral and religious concepts of sin and transgression, reflecting deep cultural values about justice and morality across East Asian societies.