舉
jǔ HSK2

raise

举 (舉) jǔ
lift verb
to lift, hold up, or raise something physically

请举起你的右手。

qǐng jǔ qǐ nǐ de yòu​shǒu.

Please raise your right hand.

cite verb
to cite, mention, or enumerate examples or facts

你能举一个例子吗？

nǐ néng jǔ yī gè lì​zi ma?

Can you give an example?

act noun
an action, move, or deed

他放弃高薪去支教，此举令人由衷敬佩。

tā fàng​qì gāo​xīn qù zhī​jiào, cǐ jǔ lìng​rén yóu​zhōng jìng​pèi.

His decision to give up a high salary to teach in underdeveloped areas is truly admirable.

elect verb
to choose, elect, or nominate someone for a position

在这次班委选举中，大家举他当班长。

zài zhè cì bān​wěi xuǎn​jǔ zhōng, dà​jiā jǔ tā dāng bān​zhǎng.

In this class committee election, everyone elected him to be the class monitor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
586th most common 356.2 per million
Movie subtitles
837th most common 146.3 per million appears in 52% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
51.8 per million appears in 18% of films
Written text
40.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Simplified
举
Strokes
16
Unicode
U+8209

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)