擧

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See also: 𭢅, 𦦙, 舉, 挙, and 举
擧 U+64E7, 擧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64E7
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Translingual

Traditional 舉
Simplified 举
Japanese 挙
Korean 擧

Alternative forms

  • 𦦙 (U+26999) - The bottom component is written 丰 instead of 手.
  • 舉 (U+8209) - The bottom component is written as ⿻一十.

Han character

擧 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+14 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 手+13 in mainland China and Japanese, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 17 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 竹金手 (HCQ) or 難竹金手 (XHCQ), four-corner 77502, composition ⿱與手)

Usage notes

This character is used in Korean hanja and Japanese kyūjitai.

Derived characters

  • 㩮, 欅, 𪼰, 𮂥, 𮒾, 㐦
  • 襷 (Exception: Only for mainland China and Japanese character form. Taiwan character contains 舉 while Hong Kong character contains 𦦙)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 460, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12863
  • Dae Jaweon: page 808, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1966, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+64E7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (舁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
攑 *kʰlan
藇 *sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
嶼 *ljaʔ
鱮 *ljaʔ
舉 *klaʔ
櫸 *klaʔ
舁 *la
與 *la, *laʔ, *las
輿 *la, *las
旟 *la
璵 *la
歟 *la, *laʔ, *las
譽 *la, *las
嬩 *la
擧 *la
鸒 *la, *las
礜 *las
穥 *las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *la) : phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 擧 – see 舉 (“to raise; to lift up; to raise; to bring up; etc.”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of 舉).

Usage notes

This character is the orthodox form found in the historical Kangxi dictionary.

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

挙

Kyūjitai

擧

Kanji

擧

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 挙)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 挙

Readings

  • Go-on: こ (ko)
  • Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
  • Kun: あげる (ageru, 擧げる)、あがる (agaru, 擧がる)、こぞる (kozoru, 擧る)

Korean

Hanja

擧 (eumhun 들 거 (deul geo))

  1. hanja form? of 거 (“to raise; to lift up”)
  2. hanja form? of 거 (“to recommend”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

擧: Hán Nôm readings: cử, cửa

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References

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