Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #800

tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

earth tsuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

(the) executive; administration
execution; carrying out
writing; authoring
stay of execution; suspended sentence
executive committee
tenacity; persistence
performance of one's official duties
discord; antagonism
Central Executive Committee
attachment; adhesion

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to take (trouble); to attend (to business)

Example sentences

The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.

He is now writing a sister volume to his novel.

She was disgusted at his persistence.

He persisted in his opinion.