to raise; to lift; to hold up

Character data

Radical ⾅ (134.10)
Strokes 16
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

舉 jǔ
  1. 1. to raise
  2. 2. to lift
  3. 3. to hold up
  4. 4. to cite
  5. 5. to choose
  6. 6. to elect
  7. 7. to enumerate
  8. 8. deed
  9. 9. to act
  10. 10. act
  11. 11. move
  12. 12. variant of

Words containing 舉

Word Meaning
easy; with no difficulty
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
to go a long way away
election; to elect
voter; elector
Electoral College (of the United States)
Electoral College (of the United States)
Election Committee (Hong Kong)
suffrage
election court
indirect election
to dance; to float in the wind
to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
to hold high; to lift up
withdraw from public life; stay above conflict
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