執
- to hold, to possess, to take on (a responsibility);
Etymology
It is an ideogrammatic compound combining:
㚔 — representing handcuffs;
丮 — depicting the image of a prisoner being dragged away while bound in handcuffs.
Later, 㚔 changed into 幸 (다행 행 “fortunate”), and 丮 changed into 丸 (둥글 환 “round”), resulting in the current form of the character.
執
Nativerom:
집
Sino: 집
jip
Kangxi radical:32, 土 + 8
Strokes:11
Unicode:U+57F7
Cangjie input:
- 土十大弓戈 (GJKNI)
Composition:
- ⿰ 幸 丸