垫 Strokes Write it Listen 垫 diàn pad; cushion; mat HSK 7–9 9 strokes Radical 土 Sound + meaning 3 words Built from执soundzhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain土meaningtǔsoil, earth; items made of earth How it works土 hints at the meaning (earth), and 执 zhí hints at the sound.