执金吾

Traditional form:

執金吾

Pinyin (reading):

zhíjīnwú

Definitions:

• (Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital

Characters:

• 执 - to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain
• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede

Traditional characters:

• 執 - to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain
• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 吾 - I, my, our; to resist, to impede