The word 嫌犯 is formed by combining two characters: 嫌, which carries the meaning of "suspicion" or "to suspect", and 犯, which means "criminal" or "offender". Conceptually, it describes a person who is under suspicion for having committed a crime, effectively fusing the idea of "suspected" (嫌) with the idea of "perpetrator" (犯) to create a single term for a suspect in a legal context. This formation directly mirrors the logical progression from being suspected to being formally associated with the criminal act.