執 – tenacious, take hold, grasp

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#800 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 執 means tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シツ、シュウ (shitsu, shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is と.る (toru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シツ	shitsu
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	と.る	toru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: ノ・九・十・辛・土・立・丶・亠.

Words using 執

執筆しっぴつwriting執着しゅうじゃくattachment執着しゅうちゃくattachment

Example sentences

ホーキングは、その本の執筆を始めたとき、手で書くことがまったくできなかった。

When he started the book, Hawking was unable to write by hand at all.

Tatoeba #196570

彼は弁護士になれるという希望に執着していた。

He clung to the hope that he could be a lawyer.

Tatoeba #100102

彼は弁護士になれるという希望に執着していた。

He clung to the hope that he could be a lawyer.

Tatoeba #100102

Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城坂堂

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