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Original meaning: seize
Simplified form of 執. Pictograph of a person with hands (丮) bound by shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "seize". The meaning later shifted to "wield power", "carry out", and "hold".
Components
shou, shǒu hand
Shorthand for the 㚔 component in the traditional character 執.
jǐ catch
Depicts a person with two hands outstretched.