举 (jǔ): meaning and stroke order
举 (jǔ) means to lift, to hold up, to cite, to enumerate, to act, to raise, to choose, to elect, act.
举
- Simplified
- 举
- Traditional
- 舉, 擧
- Pinyin
- jǔ
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Stroke order of 举
举
- jǔ variant of 舉|举[ju3]
- jǔ to lift; to hold up
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 擧
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Meaning of 举
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jǔ
Traditional 舉
- to lift
- to hold up
- to cite
- to enumerate
- to act
- to raise
- to choose
- to elect
- act
- move
- deed
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jǔ
Traditional 擧
- variant of 舉|举[ju3]
Radical and structure
- 举
- Radical 丶 (Kangxi radical 3) · 9 strokes
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Words with 举
- 推举 tuī jǔ to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose
- 举例 jǔ lì to give an example
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
举 in our stories
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沉香回到华山，打败了舅舅二郎神，然后举起神斧，用尽全身的力气向山劈下去。
Chénxiāng huídào Huà Shān dǎbài le jiùjiu Èrláng Shén ránhòu jǔ qǐ shén fǔ yòngjìn quánshēn de lìqi xiàng shān pī xiàqu
Chenxiang returned to Mount Hua, defeated his uncle Erlang Shen, then raised the axe and brought it down on the mountain with all his strength.
From the story Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
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悟空回来，用火眼金睛一看，就认出了妖怪，举起金箍棒就打。
Wùkōng huílai yòng huǒyǎn-jīnjīng yí kàn jiù rènchū le yāoguài jǔ qǐ jīngūbàng jiù dǎ
Wukong came back, saw through her at once with his fiery golden eyes, raised his golden staff and struck.
From the story Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6
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东海龙王敖光派一个夜叉出来查看，夜叉见是个小孩，举起斧头就砍。
Dōng Hǎi Lóngwáng Áo Guāng pài yí gè yèchā chūlai chákàn yèchā jiàn shì gè xiǎohái jǔ qǐ fǔtou jiù kǎn
Ao Guang, Dragon King of the Eastern Sea, sent a yaksha out to see what was going on; seeing only a child, the yaksha raised its axe and swung.
From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 举
- Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
- Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).