举 (jǔ) · to raise, to lift, to cite

Meanings

1 to raise
2 to lift
3 to cite

Characters

举

jǔ

to raise; to lift; to hold up

Examples

HSK 3

他举起了手。

Tā jǔqǐ le shǒu.

He raised his hand.

HSK 4

请举个例子。

Qǐng jǔ gè lìzi.

Please give an example.

HSK 4

这个箱子太重，举不起来。

Zhège xiāngzi tài zhòng, jǔ bu qǐlái.

This box is too heavy to lift.

Tips

history

The traditional character 舉 shows two hands lifting something. The simplified form keeps the basic structure.

usage

举例 = to give an example. 举行 = to hold (an event). Two very common compounds.

Components

semantic

兴 xīng

rise; lift up

Top 兴 - itself a simplified glyph showing a stylised pair of hands lifting something. In 举 it carries the same 'raise up' image. Simplified from 舉; the older form had 與 over 手, four hands raising an object. Indexed under Kangxi #3 丶 (diǎn, dot) - a conventional choice, not visible.

semantic

扌 shǒu

hand (radical)

Bottom hand radical - the left-side variant of 手 used here as a stacking component. Reinforces the lifting picture: hands above (in 兴) plus a hand below cooperating to raise something. The Kangxi radical assigned to 举 is 丶 (the top dot), a purely indexing choice rather than a visible piece.

Filed under radical 丶 (diǎn, #3) by convention. 丶 is not a separate component in 举, so no strokes are highlighted.