執

See also: 执

執 U+57F7, 執 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57F7 ← 埶 [U+57F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 埸 → [U+57F8]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived glyphs

• 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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Chinese

trad.		執
simp.		执

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tjib): phonetic 幸 (OC *ɡreːŋʔ) + semantic 丮; in present form 丮 has been replaced by 丸.

also Pictogram (象形): arrest

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhí (zhi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zap¹
• Min Bei (KCR): cĭ
• Min Nan (POJ): chip

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zap¹
    • Yale: jāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cĭ
    • 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/

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• 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

• 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

執

1. to hold in the hand
2. to keep
3. to carry out
4. (Cantonese) to pick up

   執手尾 / 执手尾 [Cantonese]  ―  zap¹ sau² mei⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to pick up after someone else

   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.]

   From: 許冠傑 (Samuel Hui), 最緊要好玩

   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

5. (Cantonese) to clean up; to tidy up

Compounds

Derived terms from 執

• 仗義執言／仗义执言
• 代執行／代执行
• 假執行／假执行
• 偏執／偏执 (piānzhí)
• 偏執症／偏执症
• 允執其中／允执其中
• 允執厥中／允执厥中
• 各執一詞／各执一词
• 各執己見／各执己见 (gèzhíjǐjiàn)
• 各執所見／各执所见
• 回執／回执 (huízhí)
• 固執／固执 (gùzhi)
• 固執己見／固执己见 (gùzhí jǐjiàn)
• 執一／执一
• 執中／执中
• 執事／执事 (zhíshì)
• 執伐／执伐
• 執兩用中／执两用中
• 執勤／执勤 (zhíqín)
• 執友／执友
• 執告／执告
• 執命／执命
• 執咎／执咎
• 執喪／执丧
• 執壺／执壶
• 執守／执守
• 執導／执导 (zhídǎo)
• 執巾櫛／执巾栉
• 執引／执引
• 執役／执役
• 執徐／执徐
• 執性／执性
• 執意／执意 (zhíyì)
• 執憑文帖／执凭文帖
• 執戟／执戟 (zhíjǐ)
• 執手／执手 (zhíshǒu)

• 執拗／执拗 (zhíniù)
• 執拘／执拘
• 執掌／执掌 (zhízhǎng)
• 執政／执政 (zhízhèng)
• 執政黨／执政党 (zhízhèngdǎng)
• 執教／执教 (zhíjiào)
• 執料／执料
• 執旗將／执旗将
• 執板／执板
• 執柄／执柄
• 執柯／执柯
• 執柯作伐／执柯作伐
• 執業／执业
• 執法／执法 (zhífǎ)
• 執法不阿／执法不阿
• 執法如山／执法如山
• 執炊／执炊
• 執照／执照 (zhízhào)
• 執爨／执爨
• 執牛耳／执牛耳 (zhí niú'ěr)
• 執獄／执狱
• 執禮／执礼
• 執競／执竞
• 執筆／执笔 (zhíbǐ)
• 執箕帚／执箕帚
• 執籌／执筹
• 執紼／执绋 (zhífú)
• 執結／执结
• 執經／执经
• 執經問難／执经问难
• 執而不化／执而不化
• 執著／执著 (zhízhuó)
• 執行／执行 (zhíxíng)
• 執行機關／执行机关
• 執訊／执讯
• 執證／执证

• 執贄／执贽
• 執迷／执迷 (zhímí)
• 執迷不悟／执迷不悟 (zhímíbùwù)
• 執金吾／执金吾 (zhí jīnwú)
• 執鞭／执鞭
• 執鞭墜鐙／执鞭坠镫
• 執鞭隨鐙／执鞭随镫
• 堅執／坚执 (jiānzhí)
• 奉公執法／奉公执法
• 存執／存执
• 建築執照／建筑执照
• 強制執行／强制执行
• 我執／我执
• 披堅執銳／披坚执锐
• 拘執／拘执
• 提牌執戟／提牌执戟
• 擇善固執／择善固执
• 擐甲執兵／擐甲执兵
• 擐甲執銳／擐甲执锐
• 攫戾執猛／攫戾执猛
• 收執／收执
• 收執聯／收执联
• 政策執行／政策执行
• 明火執仗／明火执仗
• 朦昧執迷／朦昧执迷
• 法執／法执
• 爭執／争执 (zhēngzhí)
• 父執／父执 (fùzhí)
• 父執輩／父执辈
• 秉要執本／秉要执本
• 行車執照／行车执照
• 被堅執銳／被坚执锐
• 貌執／貌执
• 部執異論／部执异论
• 駕駛執照／驾驶执照 (jiàshǐ zhízhào)

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Japanese

Kanji

執

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• 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

• 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, rōmaji Mamoru)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

執 • (jip) (hangeul 집, revised jip, McCune–Reischauer chip)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

• Nom Foundation