擧

See also 舉, 挙, and 举

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 與 + semantic 手 (“hand”)

Han character

擧 (radical 64 手+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹金手 (HCQ), X竹金手 (XHCQ))

1. raise, lift up
2. recommend

Variant:

• 舉 (U+8209); The bottom part displays as 𠀆.
• 𦦙 (U+26999); The bottom part displays as 丰.

References

• KangXi: page 460, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12863
• Dae Jaweon: page 808, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1966, character 1
• Unihan data for U+64E7

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Japanese

Kanji

擧

Readings

• On: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: あげる (ageru)

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Korean

Hanja

擧 (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

擧 (simplified 挙 (or 举), pinyin jǔ (ju3), Wade-Giles chü³)