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Kanji 執: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 執: tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart

Key takeaways

Kanji 執: tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

執
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Meaning

tenacioustake holdgrasptake to heart

On reading

シツシュウ

Kun reading

と.る

Radical

土

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 執

tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart

Kanji structure breakdown

執

Structure breakdown

幸 + 丸

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine rolling up your happiness (幸) into a round (丸) ball and holding it tightly in your hand. This image of grasping something precious and refusing to let go leads to the meanings 'to persist' or 'to be obsessed'.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

シツ
  • 執着しゅうじゃく

    attachment / fixation / obsession

Commonly used words

  • 執着
    しゅうじゃく

    attachment / fixation / obsession

Example sentences

Example 1

彼は過去の成功に執着している。

Translation

He is obsessed with his past success.

Example 2

物に執着しすぎるのは良くない。

Translation

Being too attached to things is not good.

Example 3

彼は小説の執筆を始めた。

Translation

He started writing a novel.

Example 4

新聞の執筆を担当しています。

Translation

I am in charge of writing for the newspaper.

Kanji 執: tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart | Daily Nihongo