擧

See also: 𭢅, 𦦙, 舉, 挙, and 举

擧 U+64E7, 擧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64E7 ← 擦 [U+64E6] CJK Unified Ideographs 擨 → [U+64E8]

Translingual

Traditional	舉
Simplified	举
Japanese	挙
Korean	擧

Alternative forms

• 𦦙 (U+26999) - The bottom component is written 丰 instead of 手.
• 舉 (U+8209) - The bottom component is written as 𰀁.

Han character

擧 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+14 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 手+13 in mainland China and Japanese, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 17 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, Cangjie input 竹金手 (HCQ) or 難竹金手 (XHCQ), four-corner 7750₂, composition ⿱與手)

Usage notes

This character is used in Korean hanja and Japanese kyūjitai.

Derived characters

• 㩮, 欅, 𪼰, 𮂥, 𮒾, 㐦
• 襷 (Exception: Only for mainland China and Japanese character form. Taiwan character contains 舉 while Hong Kong character contains 𦦙)

Related characters

• 𭢅 (Calligraphic variant of 擧)
• 𦦙 (Historical variant of 擧)
• 舉 (Preferred form used for traditional Chinese in modern Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau)
• 挙 (Japanese shinjitai form of 擧)
• 举 (Simplified form of 舉 in mainland China)

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (舁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
攑	*kʰlan
藇	*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
嶼	*ljaʔ
鱮	*ljaʔ
舉	*klaʔ
櫸	*klaʔ
舁	*la
與	*la, *laʔ, *las
輿	*la, *las
旟	*la
璵	*la
歟	*la, *laʔ, *las
譽	*la, *las
嬩	*la
擧	*la
鸒	*la, *las
礜	*las
穥	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *la): phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 擧 – see 舉 (“to raise; to lift up; to raise; to bring up; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 舉).

Usage notes

This character is the orthodox form found in the historical Kangxi dictionary.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03400-003#24

Japanese

Shinjitai	挙
Kyūjitai	擧

Kanji

擧

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 挙)

1. Kyūjitai form of 挙

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: あげる (ageru, 擧げる)、あがる (agaru, 擧がる)、こぞる (kozoru, 擧る)

Korean

Hanja

擧 (eumhun 들 거 (deul geo))

1. hanja form^? of 거 (“to raise; to lift up”)
2. hanja form^? of 거 (“to recommend”)

Compounds

• 검거 (檢擧, geomgeo, “arrest”)

Vietnamese

Han character

擧: Hán Nôm readings: cử, cửa

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References

• Nom Foundation