The kanji 執: meaning, readings and stroke order
執
- Meaning
- hold, cling to
- On reading
- シツ shitsu、シュウ shuu
- Kun reading
- と(る) toru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 earth
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nắm giữ, bám riết (chấp)
- Japanese
- とる。こだわる。
- Korean
- 잡다, 집착하다 (집)
- Chinese
- 执掌、执着 (执)
Readings, words and example sentences
シツ shitsu · on reading · less common
執事
butler
物語に 執事が 出て きます。
A butler appears in the story.
シュウ shuu · on reading · less common
執念
tenacity, refusing to give up
執念で さいごまで やりぬきました。
With sheer determination, he saw it through to the end.
と(る) toru · kun reading · less common
執る
to take up (a pen), to carry out
ペンを 執って 文を 書きます。
He takes up his pen and writes.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.