Memory phrase for the character: 举

举

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

Pronunciation

jǔ

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

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