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举

jǔ

raise

Simplified form of 舉. Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components
手 meaning component

手  Meaning component

shǒu

  

hand

兴 simplified component

兴  Simplified component

xìng, xīng

  

rise, flourish

Shorthand for the 與 component in the traditional character 舉.

Evolution

举 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
举 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
举 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
举 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
举 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

举 (舉) 

jǔ

raise, lift up; recommend; to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed

举 (擧) 

jǔ

variant of 舉|举[jǔ]

Most common words with 举
Freq.
Word
Meaning

举行

to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

举

to lift

举办

to conduct

选举

to elect

举动

act

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

榉

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 52.0903% of movies

837th most common character in movies

586th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

舉

Unicode

U+4E3E


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