執
zhi2Mathews: 0996
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (5 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 07.5
5th Line★
to control, manage, contain, restrain
田有禽，利執言，無咎。長子帥師，弟子輿尸，贞凶。
The hunt takes captives
Worthwhile to manage the talking
Avoid error
The elder son captains the militia
The younger son transports fatalities
Constancy is inauspicious
Stats: 32+8→ 31.3
3rd Line
manage, control, round up, contain (ing)
咸其股，執其隨，往吝。
Persuaded in one’s loins
Managing those consequences
To continue thus is wretchedness
→ 33.2
2nd Line
(to) bind, tie ^ up, hold; control, contain (ing)
執之用黃牛之革，莫之勝説。
Tie it up with yellow rawhide
No one succeeds in getting it loose
→ 07.5
Xiao Xiang 3
holds onto
咸其股，亦不處。志在隨人，所執下。
31.3x Persuaded in one’s loins:
But less than secure
* The purpose lies in pursuing another
The position holds onto the inferior
Xiao Xiang 2
bound
執用黃牛固志。
33.2x Bound with yellow cow(hide):
Firmness (of) purpose
Homophones (zhi)
知zhi1(to be) acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, familiar, informed, intimate, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, wise, perceptive, prudent, understanding (of, with); (to) acknowledge, acquaint, comprehend, deem, feel, know, learn, perceive, recognize, remember, understand; (take) note, notice; control, direct, operate; befriend, wait on (s, ed, ing); (a, the) assumption, comprehension, discretion, erudition, grasp, knowledge, prudence, recognition, sophistication, thinking, understanding, wisdom; friend, intimate, familiar; consciously, knowingly, prudently, wisely之zhi1...’s, ...s’; this, him, her, it, them; (to) have, has, had, will have (had), come to have; get, hold, keep, maintain, possess, take (it, this, these); be, (there) is, are, was, were, has/have been, become(s), will be, going to be, will have been (the, one of, that of, those of) or (one to, this to, that to) or (one who, they who, those who, that which, those which) or (for, to, in, of); come to, approach, arrive at, attain to, come into, extend to, fulfill, go (to, towards), lead to/into, leave for, move to, proceed to, reach, resort to, result in, verge on (having, being, coming, going); has/have come to be/have/hold; refer to, consider, hold, regard (as, with) (s, ed, ing); (having, being, coming, going) (s, ed, ing); (is, are, was, were, will be) about, among, around, as, at, by, during, for, from, in, of, on, over, through, to, towards, when, with, within, (one’s, his, her, its, their) (own); or (one, him, her, it, this, that, objects, a thing, things, something, them, they, these, the following, such, thus, same, here, what, that which, this one, such a one, such as these, this one, the others, someone, somebody) or (oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves); (a, the) outcome, result (s); (to be) resultant, final; in regard to; is this? are these?; this/that to/for; as long as, finally; -ly; genitive and attributive particle.祗zhi1worthy (of); respectable; need for直zhi2straight*(forward), upright, to the point之zhi2to kick; plant, dig in, stamp (the) feet, hooves止zhi3(to) stop, (keep, be, hold) still, settle (down), remain, halt, pause, rest, allay, cease (from), quit, desist, resist, restrain, constrain, control; object, oppose, arrest, detain, end, curb, check , linger, stay, dwell, lodge at (s, ed, ing); (to be) stopped, stilled, settled, halted, restrained, constrained, stable, motionless, satisfied, quiet, calm; (a, the) stability, restraint, poise, equilibrium, stillness, inaction; self- control, deportment, behavior, conduct; foot, heel; while, when, until, only, but yet, to, until, merely, simply祉zhi3happiness, blessings (as footprints of spirits)趾zhi3(a, the) toes, foot, feet, hoof, paw, stand, base, basis, stand, foundation, legs; (to) step (s, -ed, -ing)雉zhi4(a, the) pheasant’s稚zhi4young, tender, delicate, recent, childish志zhi4(a, the) will, intent, mind, mindset, target, resolution, resoluteness, determination, resolve, direction, focus, destination, bent, intention, scope, disposition, purpose, goal, ideal, end, aim, objective, expectation, aspiration, plan, 459 priority, ambition, wish, desire, hope, inclination; fixed purpose, mind’s objective, heart’s desire; spirit, mind; (to) will, intend, plan, determine, wish, hope, desire; keep in mind, remember (s, ed, ing) (to, for); (to be) willing, intent, set on, bent on, resolved, determined, directed, disposed置zhi4(&) put aside, away; placed; cast, abandoned至zhi4(to) attain, come, reach (to); arrive (at), accomplish, approach, become, come to be/pass, come up to, complete, result in, consummate, culminate, go as far as, succeed in, perfect (s, ed, ing); (to be) accomplished, approached, arrived at, attained, best, complete(d), consummate(d), extreme, farthest, finest, fulfilled, greatest, highest, most, perfect(ed), reached, realized, thorough, utmost, mature; adequate, suitable; (a, the) apex, attainment, completion, consummation, end (of), optimum, outcome, prime, ultimate, zentih; solstice, highest point, utmost; very, extremely, even, as far as, as much as, as long as, up to, at best, until; at, to; -est致zhi4(to) involve, bring about, bring forward, bring to utmost, occasion, result in, call for, call upon, invite, interest, ask for, permit, induce, cause, lead to, carry out, fulfill, send, come, complete, finalize, present, extend, offer, hand over, encourage, invoke, implicate, transmit, convey, attain, reach, gain, cultivate, develop, examine thoroughly; determine the solstice (s, ed, ing); (a, the) goal, conclusion; (to be) full, complete, final, conclusive, extensive, further; from ... to制zhi4restraint, constraint, control, definition (s)桎zhi4(the) shackles, hobbles, fetters,(impediments)蛭zhi4(is, yet) resisted, obstructed, stifled, opposed治zhi4(is, are) healed, cured, set right, ordered
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