漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
執: tenacious, take hold
Also: grasp, take to heart
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
幸 and 丸 are drawn in
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
シツshitsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 執行しっこうexecution; carrying out; performance
- 執筆しっぴつwriting; authoring
- 執務しつむperformance of one's official duties
- 確執かくしつdiscord; antagonism
- 中執ちゅうしつCentral Executive Committee
シュウshuu · on'yomi
- 執念しゅうねんtenacity; persistence; obsession
- 執着しゅうちゃくattachment; adhesion; insistence
とるtoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 執るとるto take (trouble); to attend (to business)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
幸
Also built on happiness (幸)
Also read シツ
10 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side執 tenacious · 丸
vs倖 happiness · 亻In ChineseSimplified 执 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhí
Japan keeps the traditional form 執; mainland China simplifies it to 执.
- Simplified
- 执 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 執 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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