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舉

jǔ

raise

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 與 represents the sound.

Components
手 meaning component

手  Meaning component

shǒu

  

hand

與 sound component

與  Sound component

yǔ, yú, yù

  

together with

Evolution

舉 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
舉 Regular script Modern

Regular 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

Most common words with 舉
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)

櫸

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.q(r)aʔ

kjoX

jǔ

lift, raise

*[k](r)aʔ

kjoX

jǔ

all


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 52.0903% of movies

837th most common character in movies

586th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

举

Unicode

U+8209

Shuowen

“擧，對舉也。从手，與聲。”


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