作奸犯科

• 亻(person; people)RADICAL
• 乍(sudden; just beginning)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A person beginning to do something is the action of making or creating.

• 犭(dog; beast radical)RADICAL
• 㔾(kneel; submit)PHONETIC

A ferocious dog biting people represents the image of a criminal.

• 禾(rice plant)RADICAL
• 斗(threshing floor; rice threshing area)ASSOCIATIVE

To classify rice grain by measuring each type with a measuring vessel.