執 — tenacious, take hold, grasp

しっ執 tenacious

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+57F7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #800 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1623 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

tenacious
take hold
grasp
take to heart

word

しっ shi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

執(しっ) 行(こう) shikkou execution 執(しっ) 筆(ぴつ) shippitsu writing (a book)

しつ shitsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

固(こ) 執(しつ) koshitsu persistence

しゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

執(しゅう) 着(ちゃく) shuuchaku attachment

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

しあわせ幸 happiness

まるい丸 round

Used as component in (1)

し摯 gift

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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