Memory phrase for the Kanji: 举


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Meaning to lift, to raise, to hold up, enumerate, choose

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: flourish (flowers on a low table ), bottom: hand

Mnemonic


 
Under the table with the flowers is a hand for lifting it.

Radicals

to flourishplants on a table
tableThis hanzi stands also for "how many" or small table and this radical is understood as a variation of it.
hand
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 Vocabulary

 举行  jǔ xíng  to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
 选举  xuǎn jǔ  to elect; election
 列举  liè jǔ  a list; to list; to enumerate
 举例  jǔ lì  to give an example
 高举  gāo jǔ  to lift up; to hold high
 不胜枚举  bù shèng méi jǔ  too numerous to mention individually or one by one
 荐举  jiàn jǔ  to propose (for a job); to nominate; to recommend
 高举远蹈  gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo  to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray
 高举远蹈  gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo  


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