執

See also 执

Translingual

simpl.		执
trad.		執

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 幸 + semantic 丮; in present form 丮 has been replaced by 丸.

also Pictogram (象形): arrest

Han character

執 (radical 32 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土十大弓戈 (GJKNI), four-corner 4541₇)

1. hold in hand
2. keep
3. carry out

Derived terms

• 蓻, 𢄢, 摯, 𡠗, 蟄, 鷙, 騺, 墊, 慹, 𩅀, 䙝, 𡪐, 謺, 𣊓, 䠟, 𦎷

References

• KangXi: page 231, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5193
• Dae Jaweon: page 467, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 457, character 5
• Unihan data for U+57F7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

執 (simplified 执, Yale jap1)

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Japanese

Kanji

執 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しつ (shitsu), しゅう (shū)
• Kun: とる (toru), とらえる (toraeru)

Compounds

• 確執 (かくしつ, kakushitsu)
• 我執 (がしゅう, gashū)
• 固執 (こしゅう, koshū)
• 執意 (しつい, shitsui)
• 執権 (しっけん, shikken)
• 執行 (しっこう, shikkō)
• 執政 (しっせい, shissei)
• 執事 (しつじ, shitsuji)
• 執刀 (しっとう, shittō)
• 執務 (しつむ, shitsumu)
• 執拗 (しつよう, shitsuyō)
• 執心 (しゅうしん, shūshin)
• 執着 (しゅうちゃく, shūchaku)
• 執念 (しゅうねん, shūnen)
• 偏執 (へんしつ, henshitsu)
• 妄執 (もうしゅう, mōshū)

Proper noun

執 (hiragana まもる, romaji Mamoru)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

執 (hangeul 집, revised jip, McCune-Reischauer chip)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

執 (simplified 执, pinyin pǒu (pou3), zhí (zhi2), Wade-Giles p'ou³, chih²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

執 (chấp, chắp, chặp, chập, chợp, chuụp, giập, giộp, giúp, xắp, xấp, xúp, chộp, chụp, xóp, xụp)