Memory phrase for the character: 執

執

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Meaning

tenacious, grasp, transact, obsession, persistence

Pronunciation

 SHITSU, SHŪ
toru

Explanation

 Left: happiness 幸 (Between two 丷 earths 土/干 is the happiness), right: round 丸 (Sth. nine-九-sided needs an extra stroke 丶 to become round.)

Mnemonic
 
(It slips out of our hands too easily:) As happiness is round, you have to grasp it tenaciously.

Radicals

幸 luck
丸 roundThe 'nine' 九 with an extra dash 丶 becomes something round.
土 earthground, soil
羊 sheepPictogram of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
九 nine
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 Vocabulary

執着 しゅうちゃく  attachment, adhesion, tenacity
執着 しゅうじゃく  attachment, adhesion, tenacity
執筆 しっぴつ  writing

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