舉

• Physical Elevation: To lift or raise.
• Social/Administrative: To recommend or nominate for office (specifically the act of patronage).
• Procedural/Executional: To undertake, perform, or launch an action.
• Intellectual/Illustrative: To cite or provide an example.
• Quantitative/Collective: Used as a quantifier meaning "all," "entirely," or "the whole of."

Generally transitive. In the physical sense, it typically requires an object; in the procedural sense, it denotes the initiation of a project or ritual.

Unlike 升 (to rise) or 起 (to get up), which often describe intransitive states or automatic movement, 舉 implies an active agent performing the elevation.

Semantic variants: U+3AAF and U+64E7; simplified variant: U+4E3E.

The composition emphasizes the hands/effort involved in lifting; variations in these components found in older manuscripts typically do not alter the meaning.

In descriptive passages, the physical sense of "lifting" may specifically refer to the lifting of a foot (stepping or walking).