What is the Kanji for "Take in hand", "Stick", and "Tenacious"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Take in hand", "Stick", and "Tenacious", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Take in hand", "Stick", and "Tenacious" is "執".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "To".

Its onyomi readings are "Shuu" and "Shitsu".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 3 parts:

The kanji "土" means "Soil" and can be read as "Tsuchi", "To", and "Do". The kanji "幸" means "Happiness" and can be read as "Kou", "Saiwa", and "Shiawa". And The kanji "丸" means "Round" and can be read as "Maru" and "Gan".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "執" mean in japanese?

"執" means "Take in hand", "Stick", and "Tenacious".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

執行: "Execution". The noun '執行 (しっこう)' means 'execution'. It refers to the act of carrying out or performing a judicial sentence, action, or order. This can include the carrying out of a court sentence, such as the execution of a criminal, but also the implementation or performance of other types of official decisions or directives. For example: The execution of the criminal took place this morning - (死刑囚の執行は今朝行われた). The government ordered the immediate execution of the new policy - (政府は新しい政策の即時執行を命じた).

執筆: "Writing". The noun '執筆 (しっぴつ)' means 'writing'. This refers to the act of composing or creating written material, such as an article, book, or report. It implies a deliberate and focused effort to produce written work. For example: The author spent months on the execution of the novel - (その作家は小説の執筆に数ヶ月費やした). She is skilled in the art of writing - (彼女は執筆の技術に長けている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu". And The hiragana "と" is read as "to".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.