Moto 執: Tenacious; Take Hold; GraspKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シツ、シュウ
- Kun'yomi
- と(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 75 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シツ・シュウ)
- 執行部しっこうぶ(the) executive; administration
- 執行しっこうexecution; carrying out
- 執行猶予しっこうゆうよstay of execution; suspended sentence
- 執行委員しっこういいんexecutive committee
- 執務しつむperformance of one's official duties
- 執念しゅうねんtenacity; persistence
- 確執かくしつdiscord; antagonism
- 中執ちゅうしつCentral Executive Committee
- 執着しゅうちゃくattachment; adhesion
- 代執行だいしっこうexecution by proxy; subrogation (of administrative acts)
- 固執こしつsticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to
- 執事しつじsteward; butler
- 執刀しっとうperforming a surgical operation
- 執拗しつようpersistent; obstinate
- 執行機関しっこうきかんexecutive committee or organ
- 予算執行調査よさんしっこうちょうさsurvey of expenditure
- 仮執行かりしっこうprovisional execution
- 偏執へんしゅうbias; eccentricity
- 偏執狂へんしつきょうmonomania; monomaniac
- 偏執病へんしゅうびょうparanoia
- 偏執症患者へんしつしょうかんじゃparanoid (person)
- 公務執行妨害こうむしっこうぼうがいinterference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
- 公務執行妨害罪こうむしっこうぼうがいざいobstructing the discharge of official duties; hindering a government official in the execution of his duties
- 執ようしつようpersistent; obstinate
- 執刀医しっとういsurgeon
- 執務中しつむちゅうat work
- 執務室しつむしつoffice (e.g. the Oval Office)
- 執務心得しつむこころえguide to office routine; guide to the performance of official duties
- 執心しゅうしんdevotion; attachment
- 執念深いしゅうねんぶかいvindictive; tenacious
- 執政しっせいadministration; government
- 執政官しっせいかんconsul
- 執権しっけんregent to the shogunate
- 執着心しゅうちゃくしんattachment (to); tenacity of purpose
- 執著しゅうちゃくattachment; adhesion
- 執行吏しっこうりbailiff
- 執行役員しっこうやくいんoperating officer; company executive
- 執達吏しったつりbailiff
- 執金鋼しっこんごうDiamond Holder (name of a Buddhist celestial being)
- 妄執もうしゅうdeep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
- 強制執行きょうせいしっこうcompulsory execution; forcible execution
- 愛執あいしゅうattachment; covetous affection
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 執るとるto take (trouble); to attend (to business)
- 事務を執るじむをとるto do (attend to) business
- 執りなすとりなすto mediate; to intervene
- 執り成すとりなすto mediate; to intervene
- 執り持つとりもつto act as a go-between (for); to mediate
- 執り行うとりおこなうto hold a ceremony
Other readings
- 執筆しっぴつwriting (e.g. as a profession)
- 執たらしbow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
- 執え所とらえどころkey (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument)
- 執念いしゅうねいstubborn; persistent
- 執成しとりなしmediation; intercession
- 執成すとりなすto mediate; to intervene
- 執拗いしつこいinsistent; obstinate
- 執持つとりもつto act as a go-between (for); to mediate
- 執筆時点しっぴつじてんat the time of writing
- 執筆生活しっぴつせいかつwriting life; period of life spent writing
- 執筆者しっぴつしゃauthor
- 執金剛神しゅこんごうじんVajradhara (vajra-wielding gods)
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