Memory phrase for the character: 举


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Meaning

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

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: flourish 兴 (The flowers on the table flourish.), bottom: hand 扌(Here: Understand as an illumination of the table)

Mnemonic


 
(The trick of a magician:) Light shines on the table, with a hand below, to lift it.

Radicals

to flourishplants on a table
3 beams
tableThe interpretation as a table is not etymologically correct, but is helpful in many cases. Also this 几is seen as a table.
handSimplification of this hand 手




 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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