挙 — raise, plan, project

あげる挙 raise

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+6319 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #257 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2088 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

raise
plan
project
behavior
actions

word

あ a Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

挙(あ) げる ageru to raise 挙(あ) がる agaru to be raised

きょ kyo On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

選(せん) 挙(きょ) senkyo election 一(いっ) 挙(きょ) ikkyo at one stroke 列(れっ) 挙(きょ) rekkyo enumeration 挙(きょ) 式(しき) kyoshiki wedding ceremony 挙(きょ) 動(どう) kyodou behavior 検(けん) 挙(きょ) kenkyo arrest

あげ age Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

挙(あげ) 句(く) ageku in the end

Appears in idioms

手を挙げる慣用句

to raise one's hand up into the air

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ちいさい小 little #42

はち八 eight #12

て手 hand #64

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#64 手 hand