執

See also: 执

執	U+57F7, 執 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57F7

← 埶
[U+57F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

埸 →
[U+57F8]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

蓻, 𢄢, 摯(挚), 𡠗, 蟄(蛰), 鷙(鸷), 騺, 墊(垫), 慹, 𩅀, 䙝, 𡪐, 謺, 𣊓, 䠟, 𦎷

Related characters[edit]

执 (Simplified Chinese)

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad.		執
simp.		执
alternative forms		执秇𠌷𡘺𡙕执秇𠌷𡘺𡙕𡚺𢦕𦎃

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (執) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
騺	*tibs
摯	*tjibs
贄	*tjibs
鷙	*tjibs
墊	tiːms, diːb
慹	tjeb, ndiːb, sdib, tjib
謺	*tjeb
褺	*diːb
蓻	*stib
縶	*tib
漐	*tʰib
蟄	*dib
執	*tjib
瓡	*tjib

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 㚔 (“criminal / handcuffs”) + 丮 (“hand”): to arrest. In present form 㚔 (niè) and 丮 (jǐ) has been replaced by 幸 (xìng) and 丸 (wán) respectively.

Also phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjib): phonetic 㚔 + semantic 丮.

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhí (zhi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zap¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zeb⁵
Min Bei (KCR): cĭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chip

(Teochew, Peng'im): zib⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
  - Wade–Giles: chih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhíh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zap¹
  - Yale: jāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zeb⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡səp̚¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chip
  - Tâi-lô: tsip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cib
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕip̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕip̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕip̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕip̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕip̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zib⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsip
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sip̚²/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiɪp̚/

Rime
Character	執
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之入切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cip̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zap¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]ip/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjib/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	執
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhí
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyip ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]ip/
English	seize
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	執
Reading #	1/1
No.	17290
Phonetic component	執
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	執
Old Chinese	/*tjib/
Notes	甲金文象梏人雙手，幸象梏非聲

Definitions[edit]

執

to hold in the hand
執子之手、與子偕老。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
执子之手、与子偕老。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Zhí zǐ zhī shǒu, yǔ zǐ xié lǎo. [Pinyin]
With your hand in mine, we grow old together.
to keep
to carry out
(Cantonese) to pick up
執垃圾 / 执垃圾 [Cantonese] ― zap¹ laap⁶ kap¹ [Jyutping] ― to pick up rubbish
- 1985, 林振強 (lyrics), “最緊要好玩”, in 最緊要好玩, performed by 許冠傑:
  
  我想攀登火山，執塊石頭用嚟煎蛋 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我想攀登火山，执块石头用嚟煎蛋 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ soeng² paan¹ dang¹ fo² saan¹, zap¹ faai³ sek⁶ tau⁴ jung⁶ lai⁴ zin¹ daan⁶ [Jyutping]
  I want to climb a volcano, get a rock, and use it to fry an egg
(Cantonese) to clean up; to tidy up

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 執

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

執

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Go-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しふ (sifu, historical)}
Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しふ (sifu, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: しつ (shitsu, Jōyō)
Kun: とる (toru, 執る, Jōyō); とらえる (toraeru, 執える)^{←とらへる (toraferu, historical)}
Nanori: し (shi)

Compounds[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

執(まもる) • (Mamoru)

A male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

執 (eum 집 (jip))

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Vietnamese[edit]

執

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