Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart
Kun:
と.る
On:
シツシュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
800 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 執務 【シツム】 performance of one's official duties
  • 執拗い 【シツコイ】 insistent, obstinate, persistent, tenacious, too rich (taste, etc.), fatty, heavy, greasy
  • 中執 【チュウシツ】 Central Executive Committee
  • 確執 【カクシツ】 discord, antagonism
  • 執 【シュウ】 attachment, obsession, persistence
  • 執行 【シッコウ】 execution, carrying out, performance, enforcement, exercise, service, conduct, execution, lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
  • 愛執 【アイシュウ】 attachment, covetous affection
  • 妄執 【モウシュウ】 deep-rooted delusion, firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)

Kun reading compounds

  • 執る 【とる】 to take (trouble), to attend (to business), to command (army)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi2
Korean:
jib

Spanish

  • dirigir
  • hacer negocios
  • tomar el control

Portuguese

  • tenaz
  • segurar
  • agarrar
  • simpatizar

French

  • prendre en charge
  • saisir
  • ténacité
  • prendre à coeur
1332 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
965 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1231 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1152 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1420 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
686 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
699 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1823 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
351 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2114 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1102 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1501 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1520 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5193 Morohashi
1680 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1039 New Nelson (John Haig)
1506 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1623 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1418 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
3b8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
4441.7 Four corner code
4541.7 Four corner code
1-28-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57f7 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 拗音 【ヨウオン】 contracted sound, palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana), palatalized sound

Kun reading compounds

  • 捩れる 【ねじれる】 to get twisted, to get crooked, to get warped, to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.), to become warped, to become perverse, to become contrary, to become troubled, to become complicated, to become strained
  • 拗れる 【こじれる】 to get complicated, to grow worse, to turn sour
  • 拗ねる 【すねる】 to be peevish, to sulk, to pout
  • 拗ける 【ねじける】 to curve, to twist, to be rebellious

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ao4, niu4, yao4
Korean:
yo

Spanish

  • torsión
  • tirón
  • malhumor
  • torcer
  • retorcer
  • estar malhumorado

Portuguese

French

1869 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
11962 Morohashi
2111 New Nelson (John Haig)
3c5.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5402.7 Four corner code
1-57-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62d7 Unicode hex code