The kanji 挙: meaning, readings and stroke order
挙
- Meaning
- raise, put forward
- On reading
- キョ kyo
- Kun reading
- あ(げる) ageru、あ(がる) agaru
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
- Old form
- 擧
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- giơ lên, nêu ra (cử)
- Japanese
- あげる。とりあげて しめす。
- Korean
- 들어 올리다, 내세우다 (거)
- Chinese
- 举起、举出 (举)
Readings, words and example sentences
キョ kyo · on reading
選挙
election
学級委員の 選挙を します。
We hold an election for class representative.
あ(げる) ageru · kun reading · less common
挙げる
to give (an example), to name
例を 挙げて 説明します。
I explain by giving an example.
あ(がる) agaru · kun reading · less common
挙がる
to be brought up, to come up
たくさんの 意見が 挙がりました。
Lots of ideas were brought up.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.