Chinese Character 执 Meanings and components.

Form

执

Meaning

执 meaning[3] in English

To Execute (A Plan).

To Grasp.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 执 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and ball (丸)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QKNI

How to write 执

To write执zhi2to execute … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 丸wan2ball arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 丸 = 执

执 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 执 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 执, looks as follow:

执
Pinyin:zhi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Execute (A Plan) . To Grasp
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
丸
Pinyin:wan2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Ball . Pellet . Pill
九
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Nine . 9
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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