音読み: シツ
訓読み: とる
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部首: 土（あし） *
Meaning
Grasp / Hold / Persist / Tenacity
- Basic forms
- 執る — take; handle; carry out / base form
- 執ります — takes; handles / masu form
- 執った — took; handled / ta form
- 執って — handling … / te form
- 執らない — do not take / negative
- 執れば — if (one) takes / conditional
- Common expressions
- 指揮を執る — take command
- 筆を執る — take up the pen
- 事務を執る — handle administrative work
- More
- 執っている — is handling; is in charge / state
執る（とる） is a godan transitive verb. It is used mainly in formal or written contexts, meaning to take charge of, carry out, or handle a role or task.
- 執る — to take; to handle; to hold
- 執念 — tenacity; dogged persistence
- 固執 — stubborn adherence; insistence
- 執筆 — writing; authorship
- 執行 — execution; enforcement
- 執務 — official duties; clerical work
- 執刀 — performing surgery (as the operating surgeon)
執 depicts the idea of grasping firmly and by extension “holding to” a task, view, or duty. This core sense explains words like 執る (to take/handle), 固執 (to cling to), and 執念 (tenacious resolve).