Chinese Character 擧 Meanings and components.

Form

擧

Meaning

擧 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 舉|举[Ju3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 擧 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 歟|欤[yu2] (與) , and hand (手)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with HCQ

How to write 擧

To write擧ju3variant of … you should write a combination of 與yu3variant of … , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

與 + 手 = 擧

擧 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 擧 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 擧, looks as follow:

擧
Pinyin:ju3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 舉|举[Ju3]
與
Pinyin:yu3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 歟|欤[Yu2]
手
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: Hand . (Formal) To Hold . Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work . Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work . Personal(Ly) . Convenient . Classifier For Skill . Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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