执 — Chinese character
执
zhí
to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain
- Pinyin
- zhí
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 扌 丸
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 扌 clutching a pebble 丸
- Traditional
- 執
Common words with 执
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 执行 (執行) | zhí xíng | to implement; to carry out |
| 执政 (執政) | zhí zhèng | to hold power; in office |
| 执法 (執法) | zhí fǎ | to enforce a law; law enforcement |
| 执照 (執照) | zhí zhào | license; permit |
| 争执 (爭執) | zhēng zhí | to dispute; to disagree |
| 执导 (執導) | zhí dǎo | to direct (a film, play etc) |
| 执政党 (執政黨) | zhí zhèng dǎng | ruling party; the party in power |
| 固执 (固執) | gù zhí | obstinate; stubborn |
| 执业 (執業) | zhí yè | to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer); practitioner |
| 执着 (執著) | zhí zhuó | dedicated; devoted; persistent; to persist in; to cling to |
| 执行长 (執行長) | zhí xíng zhǎng | (Tw) chief executive |
| 执意 (執意) | zhí yì | to be determined to; to insist on |
English words written with 执
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.