Japanese symbol for “insistent”
執拗
しつよう
Romaji: shitsuyou
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless
In Japanese, insistent is 執拗, read しつよう (shitsuyou).
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Meanings
- adj-na persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
Written forms: 執拗、執よう. Readings: しつよう、しつおう.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “insistent”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 執拗い | しつこい shitsukoi | insistent; obstinate; persistent |
| 諄い | くどい kudoi | repetitious; long-winded; tedious |
| 断言的 | だんげんてき dangenteki | categorical (e.g. assertion, denial); assertive; insistent |
| 油ギッシュ | あぶらギッシュ aburagisshu | persistent (person, personality, etc.); insistent |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 執行 | しっこう shikkou | execution; carrying out; performance |
| 執筆 | しっぴつ shippitsu | writing; authoring |
| 執念 | しゅうねん shuunen | tenacity; persistence; obsession |
| 執着 | しゅうちゃく shuuchaku | attachment; adhesion; insistence |
| 確執 | かくしつ kakushitsu | discord; antagonism |
| 執務 | しつむ shitsumu | performance of one's official duties |
| 拗れ | こじれ kojire | complications; tangle |
| 拗ねる | すねる suneru | to be peevish; to sulk; to pout |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.