Chinese symbol for “wield”
执掌
zhí zhǎng
Traditional: 執掌
to wield (power etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wield is 执掌 (zhí zhǎng), defined as: to wield (power etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “wield”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舞 | wǔ | to dance; to wield |
| 耍 | shuǎ | to play with; to wield |
| 掌 | zhǎng | palm of the hand; sole of the foot |
| 仗 | zhàng | weaponry; to hold (a weapon) |
| 祭 | jì | to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 执掌.
| 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) |
| 掌握 | zhǎng wò | to grasp (often fig.); to control |
| 掌控 | zhǎng kòng | to control; in control of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wield”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.