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Kanji Detail for 執 - "to take"

執

  • Meaning

    執 means "to take." Also associated with to manage, to firmly keep.

    1. To take - To take in hand; to hold.

    2. To manage - To handle; to administer; to carry out.

    3. To firmly keep - To firmly maintain; to steadfastly preserve.

    4. To capture - To catch; to seize.

    5. Friend - Comrade; close person.

  • Words using 執

    • 執行部 しっこうぶ Listen (the) executive; administration; leadership
    • 執行 しっこう Listen execution; carrying out; performance
    • 執筆 しっぴつ Listen writing; authoring
    • 執行猶予 しっこうゆうよ Listen stay of execution; suspended sentence
    • 執行委員 しっこういいん Listen executive committee
    • 執務 しつむ Listen performance of one's official duties
    • 執念 しゅうねん Listen tenacity; persistence; obsession
    • 確執 かくしつ Listen discord; antagonism

  • Tattoo check: 執

    • Verified meaning: to take
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しゅう, まもる)
    • Also carries these associations: to manage, to firmly keep

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 執

    Given names 執(しゅう)Listen 執(まもる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tenacious; take hold; grasp; take to heart

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hold in hand; keep; carry out

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to execute (a plan); to grasp

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To hold. Keeping something in hand without letting it fall. | To maintain. Such as if property belongs to someone, it's their 執業. Meaning the occupation they maintain. Contracts and such are called 執照 (license), 執據 (receipt), same meaning. | 拘執: Saying a person rigidly holds to fixed ideas without flexibility. Also called 固執 (stubborn). | Arresting criminals. Such as the colloquial 拏辦, 拏問. (Mencius) "Just arrest him." | To choose and take. (Analects) "What shall I take up? Shall I take up charioteering? Shall I take up archery?" | Friends of the same mind are called 執友. Hence father's friends are called 父執.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shitsu(シツ) シツ

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    to.ru(と-る) と-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to take to manage to firmly keep to capture execute handle protect friend administer carry out clutch conduct enforce grasp grip hold obstinate perform persist seize tenacious attached

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