举

jǔ

to lift

to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed

excitement (兴) + hand (扌) = lift up and act

The hand radical anchors the physical act of lifting or raising. 兴 here is largely phonetic, though its association with arousal and excitement lends a faint sense of energetic action.

兴+扌→举
兴ExcitementPhonetic, Semantic
扌HandSemantic

他举起手来回答老师的问题。

tā jǔ qǐ shǒu lái huí dá lǎo shī de wèn tí。

He raised his hand to answer the teacher's question.

你能举一个简单的例子吗?

nǐ néng jǔ yī gè jiǎn dān de lì zi ma?

Can you give a simple example?

Words with 举

抓举

zhuā jǔ

snatch (weightlifting technique)

检举

jiǎn jǔ

to report (an offense to the authorities)

武举

wǔ jǔ

successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination

科举

kē jǔ

imperial examination

举发

jǔ fā

to expose (e.g., wrongdoing)

不胜枚举

bù shèng méi jǔ

too numerous to mention individually or one by one

噶举派

gá jǔ pài

Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist

举世无双

jǔ shì wú shuāng

unrivaled (idiom); world number one

荐举

jiàn jǔ

to propose (for a job)

遐举

xiá jǔ

to go a long way away

选举法庭

xuǎn jǔ fǎ tíng

election court

选举

xuǎn jǔ

to elect

More characters with 兴

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