The word 犯罪 is formed through the conceptual combination of two independent characters: 犯, which carries the meaning "to violate" or "to transgress", and 罪, which means "crime" or "guilt". They are joined not by grammar, but by a direct semantic synergy where the first character denotes the action and the second character denotes the target or consequence of that action. Together, they create a single, fused concept, "to commit a crime", where the action of violating (犯) is intrinsically directed toward and completes the idea of an offense (罪), forming a tight cause-and-effect unit in the mind.