執 — kanji meaning “tenacious”
執
tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart
- Meanings
- tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart
- On'yomi
- シツ (shitsu)、シュウ (shuu)
- Kun'yomi
- と.る
- Name readings
- し
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #800 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- zhí — Chinese character page
Words with 執
| 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 |
| 執事 | しつじ shitsuji | steward; butler |
| 固執 | こしつ koshitsu | sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence |
| 執拗 | しつよう shitsuyou | persistent; obstinate; tenacious |
| 執る | とる toru | to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army) |
| 執刀 | しっとう shittou | performing a surgical operation |
| 執政 | しっせい shissei | administration; government; administrator |
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