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执

to execute (a plan); to grasp

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,175 U+6267

How 执 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand 扌 clutching a pebble 丸

components: 扌 丸

How to remember it

clench · Heisig RSH #602

fingers + bottle of pills

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 执 as their sound component

These characters all use 执 (zhí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
执 sound component zhí to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain
热 rè heat, fever, zeal
势 shì power, force; tendency, attitude
垫 diàn cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another
蛰 zhé to hibernate
贽 zhì tribute; a gift given to a superior
鸷 zhì hawk, vulture

Words containing 执

WordPinyinMeaning
城市管理行政执法局 Chéng shì Guǎn lǐ Xíng zhèng Zhí fǎ jú City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau (PRC)
执法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
高层执行员 gāo céng zhí xíng yuán senior executive
科学执政 kē xué zhí zhèng governance based on rationality, evidence and scientific principles
执行人 zhí xíng rén executioner (hangman); business executor
执行长 zhí xíng zhǎng (Tw) chief executive
执行力 zhí xíng lì ability to get things done
执政能力 zhí zhèng néng lì governing capacity
可执行 kě zhí xíng executable (computing)
争执不下 zhēng zhí bù xià to quarrel endlessly
中央执行委员会 Zhōng yāng Zhí xíng Wěi yuán huì Central Executive Committee
失信被执行人 shī xìn bèi zhí xíng rén (law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a wri…
回执单 huí zhí dān receipt
执政者 zhí zhèng zhě ruler
监外执行 jiān wài zhí xíng to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
执政官 zhí zhèng guān consul (of the Roman Republic); magistrate (chief administrator)
首席执行官 shǒu xí zhí xíng guān chief executive officer (CEO)
执行 zhí xíng to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run
执牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay th…
执法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law; law enforcement