| Chinese Text Project |
| 執 U+57F7 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 执 Semantic variant Simplified character | 𠌷 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 土+ 8 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.531#20 Kangxi: p.231#09 Cihai: p.321r1c02 GSR: 685.a Hanyu: v1,p0457#05 |
| Composition: | Left: 幸, right: 丸. Component of: 𫝑 𠌷 𠽃 𡼈 𢴇 𡠗 𫷼 𣼳 㝪 墊 漐 𣊎 𣊓 𣎖 𣙀 𣙗 𤍠 𤎒 𭣛 𭵴 [More] |
| Mandarin: | zhí ㄓˊ |
| Cantonese: | zap1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | jip |
| Shuowen: | 《幸部》執：捕罪人也。从丮从幸，幸亦聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·緝·執》執：持也，操也，守也，攝也。《說文》作？捕辠人也。之入切，六。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·土部·八》執：《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》之入切《正韻》質入切，𠀤音汁。守也，持也。《書·大禹謨》允執厥中。又處也。《禮·樂記》師乙曰：請誦其所聞，吾子自執焉。又塞也。《左傳·僖二十八年》子玉使伯棼請戰曰：非敢必有功也，願以聞執讒慝之口。又父之友曰執友。《禮·曲禮》見父之執，不問不敢對。《後漢·馬援傳》援爲梁松父執，松貴拜援牀下，援不之答。又捕也。《禮·檀弓》肆諸市朝，而妻妾執。《孟子》執之而已。又姓。又執失代，三字姓。又與慹同。《前漢·朱博傳》豪强執服。《註》謂畏威懾服也。本作𡘺，省作執。亦作瓡。 考證：〔《書·大禹謨》允執其中。〕謹照原其改厥。 |
| Fanqie: | 之入 (《廣韻·入聲·緝·執》) |
| Unihan definition: | hold in hand; keep; carry out |
Example usage
| 《論語·雍也》: | 伯牛有疾，子問之，自牖執其手，曰：「亡之，命矣夫！」 |
| Bo Niu being ill, the Master went to ask for him. He took hold of his hand through the window, and said, "It is killing him. It is the appointment of Heaven, alas!" | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「執之而已矣。」 |
| Mencius said, 'Gao Yao would simply have apprehended him.' | |
| 《禮記·投壺》: | 投壺之禮，主人奉矢，司射奉中，使人執壺。 |
| According to the rules for Pitch-pot, the host carries the arrows in both his hands put together; the superintendent of the archery carries in the same way the stand on which the tallies were placed; and an attendant holds in his hand the pot. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 處宅，由路、正服，明燭，執符，君子不動，動斯得矣。 |
| Live in the dwelling, walk the road, straighten your clothing, use the candle to light your way, and clasp the tally. The junzi is unmoved, but when he acts, he will succeed. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 此能為大矣，而不能執鼠。 |
| It is large indeed, but it cannot catch mice. | |
| 《道德經》: | 執古之道，以御今之有。 |
| When we can lay hold of the Dao of old to direct the things of the present day. | |
| 《商君書·算地》: | 身有堯舜之行，而功不及湯武之略者，此執柄之罪也。 |
| In their persons, they have the conduct of Yao and Shun, but in their results they do not even approximate those of Tang or Wu. The mistake lies with the handle which they hold. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 帝嚳溉執中而遍天下，日月所照，風雨所至，莫不從服。 |
| Emperor Ku was thoroughly impartial all over his empire. There was no one on whom the sun and moon shone, or on whom the rain and wind blew, who was not devoted to him. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 孔子曰：「《詩》云：『溫恭朝夕，執事有恪。』」 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 夫人曰：「有幽室數辱之產，未諭於傅母之教，得承執衣裳之事，敢不敬拜？」 |
| 《春秋繁露·精華》: | 是故小夷言伐而不得言戰，大夷言戰而不得言獲，中國言獲而不得言執，各有辭也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 孔子曰：「富而可求，雖執鞭之士吾亦為之。」 |
| 《大戴禮記·禮察》: | 若夫慶賞以勸善，刑罰以懲惡，先王執此之正，堅如金石，行此之信，順如四時。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 君降立於阼階南面向，所命北向，央由君右執策命之。 |
| 《新書·大政上》: | 是以聖王而君子乎，執事而臨民者日戒慎一日，則士民亦日戒慎一日矣，以道先民也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 夫以一趙尚易燕，況兩賢王左提右挈，執直義而以責不直之弱，燕滅無日矣。 |
| 《中論·貴驗》: | 今不信吾所行，而怨人之不信也，猶教人執鬼縛魅，而怨人之不得也，惑亦甚矣！ |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 事既成矣而又享之，是勤執事。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 凡工妄匠，執規秉矩，錯准引繩，則巧同於倕也。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 晏子所遭，可謂大矣，直兵指胸，白刃加頸，蹈死亡之地，當劍戟之鋒，執死得生還。 |
| 《太玄經·銳》: | 測曰，「銳一」之「達」、執道必也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 俗說：燕太子丹為質於秦，始皇執欲殺之，言能致此瑞者，可得生活。 |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 又執三監吏，將殺之。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 是謂不思而得，不為而成，執之胸心之間，而功覆天下也。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 《書》云：「惟精惟一，允執厥中。」 |
| 《新語·辨惑》: | 齊人鼓噪而起，欲執魯公。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 天子必有近臣，執兵陳于陛側以戒不虞。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 執所言而意得見，心之辯也。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 吾處也，若橛株駒，吾執臂若槁木之枝。 |
| 《鶡冠子·王鈇》: | 天用四時，地用五行，天子執一以居中央，調以五音，正以六律，紀以度數，宰以刑德。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是故疾而不搖，遠而不勞，四支不動，聰明不損，而照明天下者，執道之要，觀無窮之地。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 執之皆事，不執之皆道。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 執古之道，以御今之有，聖人執守古道，生一以御物，知今當有一也。 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 夫至智說至聖，然且七十說而不受，身執鼎俎為庖宰，昵近習親，而湯乃僅知其賢而用之。 |
| 《管子·輕重丁》: | 州通之師執折箓曰：「君且使使者。」 |
| 《六韜·守土》: | 日中必彗，操刀必割，執斧必伐。 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 旂，夏后氏玄首，人之執也。 |
| 《尉繚子·治本》: | 善政執其制，使民無私，則為下不敢私，則無為非者矣。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 昔武王執戈秉鉞以伐紂勝殷，搢笏杖殳以臨朝。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·慎行》: | 王信之，使執連尹 |
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