舉

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

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

• 𡤒, 𢤫, 攑, 櫸, 𦇙, 𨯾, 𤰁, 𨷶, 𨷯

• 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

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, this character 舉 is preferred over 擧. Note that this character is not found in the Kangxi dictionary.

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaʔ) : phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las) + semantic 手 (“hand”) as 擧／举. The 手 (shǒu) component became 𰀁.

lift

May be cognate with Tibetan འཁྱོག་པ ('khyog pa, “to lift; to bring; to carry”), Tibetan སྐྱ་བ (skya ba, “to carry; to convey”) (Schuessler, 2007). Alternatively, it may be related to 舁 (OC *la, “to lift”) as a *k- prefixed verb (Baxter and Sagart, 1998).

all, whole, entire

Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ka (“all”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007)

to pawn

The counter of the pawnbroker is usually at a high position. Therefore, customers must lift the object to be pawned at a pawn shop.

舉

1. to raise; to lift up

   舉起手中的酒杯／举起手中的酒杯  ―  jǔ qǐ shǒu zhōng de jiǔbēi  ―  to raise the glass one one's hand

   • 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, 李白 (Li Bai), 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. (literary) to raise; to bring up

   • 生男慎莫舉，生女哺用脯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     生男慎莫举，生女哺用脯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 200, 陳琳 (Chen Lin),《飲馬長城窟行》

     Shēng nán shènmò jǔ, shēng nǚ bǔ yòng fǔ. [Pinyin]

     If sons are born, put them aside! (lit. please not rear) If daughters, feed them with meat dried!

3. to elect
4. to start; to initiate

   舉兵／举兵  ―  jǔbīng  ―  to raise an army

   舉行／举行  ―  jǔxíng  ―  to hold

5. to cite; to enumerate

   舉個例子／举个例子  ―  jǔ ge lìzi  ―  to cite an example

6. action; deed

   壯舉／壮举  ―  zhuàngjǔ  ―  magnificent feat

7. (historical) successful candidate in the imperial examination at the provincial level

   中舉／中举  ―  zhònɡjǔ  ―  to pass the imperial examinations at the provincial level

8. 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]

     Two days after my father died, he was officially promoted to a god, and the rumors that he made was known to the whole town.

9. (Cantonese) to pawn

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 擧 (Shinjitai form 挙)

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

For the kyūjitai form of 挙, see 擧 instead.

舉: Hán Nôm readings: cử, cỡ, cữ

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