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Kanji Detail for 執 - "execute, manage, hold"
執
- Meaning
執 means "execute, manage, hold."
To take - To take in hand; to hold.
To manage - To handle; to administer; to carry out.
To firmly keep - To firmly maintain; to steadfastly preserve.
To capture - To catch; to seize.
Friend - Comrade; close person.
- 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.
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Sentences including 執
Jim persists in his opinion.
You should not stick to your opinion.
He persisted in his opinion.
We should stick to our plan.
He persists in his opinion.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
君にはどう見えるか知らないが、私はこれで大変執念深い男なんだから。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は先生の性質の特色として、こんな執着力をいまだかつて想像した事さえなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は筆を執って友達のだれかれに短い端書または長い手紙を書いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は今度の事件について先生に手紙を書こうかと思って、筆を執りかけた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし筆を執ることの嫌いな先生が、どうしてあの事件をこう長く書いて、私に見せる気になったのだろう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それでその意味の返事を出そうかと考えて、筆を執りかけましたが、一行も書かずに已めました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私が筆を執ると、一字一｜劃ができあがりつつペンの先で鳴っています。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あなたに会って静かに話す機会を永久に失った私は、筆を執る術に慣れないばかりでなく、貴い時間を惜むという意味からして、書きたい事も省かなければなりません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
両手をわなわなふるわせて、肩で息を切りながら、眼を、眼球が眶の外へ出そうになるほど、見開いて、唖のように執拗く黙っている。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
それでその意味の返事を出そうかと考えて、筆を執りかけましたが、一行も書かずに已めました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私が筆を執ると、一字一｜劃ができあがりつつペンの先で鳴っています。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あなたに会って静かに話す機会を永久に失った私は、筆を執る術に慣れないばかりでなく、貴い時間を惜むという意味からして、書きたい事も省かなければなりません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha