奸
jiān HSK7

wicked

奸 jiān frequency
traitor noun
a person who betrays their country, cause, or group

军队内部出了一个奸，泄露了重要机密。

jūn​duì nèi​bù chū le yī gè jiān, xiè​lù le zhòng​yào jī​mì.

A traitor emerged within the army and leaked important secrets.

crafty adjective
cunning, sly, or deceitful in behavior

那人性格极奸，你平时要多留个心眼。

nà rén xìng​gé jí jiān, nǐ píng​shí yào duō liú gè xīn​yǎn.

That person is extremely treacherous; you should be more cautious.

wicked expression
evil, malicious, or treacherous in character

他是个大奸大恶之人。

tā shì gè dà​jiān​dà'è zhī rén.

He is an extremely wicked and treacherous person.

奸 (姦) jiān
adultery noun
to engage in illicit sexual relations or sexual intercourse outside of marriage

他们二人私通，勾搭成奸，被众人撞见了。

tā​men èr rén sī​tōng, gōu​da chéng jiān, bèi zhòng​rén zhuàng​jiàn le.

The two of them had an affair and were caught in the act of adultery.

rape verb
to violate someone sexually or commit a sexual assault

这种行奸的恶徒必须受到法律严惩。

zhè zhǒng xíng​jiān de è​tú bì​xū shòu​dào fǎ​lǜ yán​chéng.

Such rapists must be severely punished by law.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,992nd most common 36.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,549th most common 39.6 per million appears in 13% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.95 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.12 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
姦
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5978

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)