舉

See also: 举 and 擧

Translingual

Traditional	舉
Simplified	举
Japanese	挙
Korean	擧

Alternative forms

• 擧 (U+64E7); The bottom part displays as 手. (Original form of 舉)
• 𦦙 (U+26999); The bottom part displays as 丰.

Han character

舉 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹金手 (HCQ), four-corner 7750₂, composition ⿱與⿻一十)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1005, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30238
• Dae Jaweon: page 1461, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3041, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8209

Usage notes

This character is a modified form of 擧 derived from historical forms of the character (The component 手 (shǒu) is written in small seal script). In traditional Chinese script (Hong Kong and Taiwan), this character 舉 is preferred over 擧. Note that this character is not found in the Kangxi dictionary.

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Chinese

trad.		舉
simp.		举
alternative forms		擧／举 𦦙 挙 㪯 𡕖 擧／举 𦦙 挙 㪯 𡕖 𠃥 𠔖 𠢈 𡴃 𢪓

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔ (ju³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gi³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kí / kú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chü³
    • Yale: jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi²
    • Yale: géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí
    • Tâi-lô: kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú
    • Tâi-lô: kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ku⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjoX

Rime
Character	舉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居許切
Baxter	kjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/kiɔX/
Wang Li	/kĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.q(r)aʔ/, /*[k](r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舉	舉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǔ	jǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjoX ›	‹ kjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.q(r)aʔ/	/*[k](r)aʔ/
English	lift, raise	all
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	舉
Reading #	1/1
No.	15888
Phonetic component	舁
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	舉
Old Chinese	/*klaʔ/
Notes	舁轉註字，說文從手與聲， 漢碑隸變作此

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 舉

1. to raise; to lift up

   舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   举头望明月，低头思故乡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Tang Dynasty, (deprecated template usage) 李白 (Li Bai), (deprecated template usage) 靜夜思 ("Quiet Night Thought")

   Jǔtóu wàng míngyuè, dītóu sī gùxiāng. [Pinyin]

   I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon and bow my head to think of my hometown.

2. ^† to recommend
3. action; deed
4. whole; entire

   舉國／举国  ―  jǔguó  ―  the entire country

   • 我爸死後第二日，就正式升格為神明，他會出明牌的傳聞，舉鎮皆知。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     我爸死后第二日，就正式升格为神明，他会出明牌的传闻，举镇皆知。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 6 April 1996, Chuang Yu-An 莊裕安, Requiem for the Dead 為亡靈談奏, United Daily News 聯合報

     Wǒ bà sǐ hòu dì'èr rì, jiù zhèngshì shēnggé wéi shénmíng, tā huì chū míngpái de chuánwén, jǔ zhèn jiē zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

舉

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 擧 (Shinjitai form 挙)

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
• Kun: あげる (ageru), こぞる (kozoru)

Usage notes

For the kyūjitai form of 挙, see 擧 instead.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 舉 (cử, cỡ, cữ)

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