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執 means 'hold on to'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1055   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-11    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 73 words   Used in 17 names   Component in 9 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   シツ   シュウ
Kun
      to hold on to
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With the take-charge kanji 執, you can conduct orchestras, manage corporations, perform surgery, and command armies. Passions run hot with 執, which drives words for "antagonism," "obsession," and "stubborn," appearing in sentences that mean "That team won through tenacity rather than technique," "He still sticks to his opinion," and "He clung to the hope that he could be a lawyer.”
⿰   happiness   round; circle  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 執 is used 4 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 執 is used 62 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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シツ (read as しっ) : 29 words FIND ALL
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writing (e.g. as a profession)
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シュウ : 12 words FIND ALL
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attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
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シツ : 10 words FIND ALL
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discord; antagonism
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
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Most common form: 取り成し
noun
mediation; intercession; smoothing over
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An additional 2 less common words include 執 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1332  Joy o' Kanji : 1332  Key to Kanji:

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シツ   シュウ   hold on to   と    
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コウ   さち    しあわ    さいわ happiness   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ガン   round; circle   まる round, circular   
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
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