Chinese Notes

举 (舉) jǔ

jǔ verb to lift / to hold up / to raise
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 举 is synonymous with 抬起 in this sense (Guoyu '舉' v 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 37)
jǔ verb to move
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 举 is synonymous with 行动 or 动作 in this sense (Rouzer 2007, p. 37)
jǔ verb to originate / to initiate / to start (a fire)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Motion 运动
Notes: 举 is synonymous with 发起 or 兴办 in this sense (Guoyu '舉' v 4; Rouzer 2007, p. 37)
jǔ verb to recommend / to elect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Organization 组织
Notes: 举 is synonymous with 推选 or 推荐 in this sense (Guoyu '舉' v 2; Unihan '舉')
jǔ adverb all / entire
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 举 is synonymous with 全 in this sense and used as an adjective or adverb in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '舉' adj; Rouzer 2007, p. 37; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 129). For example, 天下之民舉安 'for the happiness of the people of the whole kingdom' (Mengzi: 4.12/24/16, translation by Legge)
jǔ verb to suggest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 提出 (Guoyu '舉' v 3)
jǔ verb to fly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 飞 (Guoyu '舉' v 5)
jǔ verb to bear / to give birth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 生育 (Guoyu '舉' v 6)
jǔ noun actions / conduct
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 行为 or 动作 (Guoyu '舉' n 1)
jǔ noun a successful candidate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: An abbreviation for 举人 (Guoyu '舉' n 2)
jǔ verb to raise an example
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School 禅宗
Notes: 举 introduces koans in Chan texts, such as 碧巖錄 The Blue Cliff Record (FGDB '舉'; T 2003, Scroll 1)

Contained in

举行、选举、举办、举重、举例、举措、举动、举手投足、壮举、举足轻重、抓举、挺举、举世、检举、举世闻名、举世瞩目、列举、一举、中举、选举权、举报、举止、科举、推举、举人、噶举派、举钵罗汉、举手、掉举、举事、略举、荐举、诸路交钞提举司、举则、举古、不胜枚举、选举人、举钵罗汉、举凡、创举、大举、举国、举火、举目、举用、包举、公举、高举、盛举、举起、举荐

Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
History of Song 《宋史》	卷一百六十志第一百十三選舉六 Volume 160 Treatises 113: Selection and appointment of Officials 6	202
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷八十五　志第三十五: 　百官一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Official Posts 1	141
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷八十九　志第三十九: 　百官五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Official Posts 5	133
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷八十八　志第三十八: 　百官四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Official Posts 4	116
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷九十　　志第四十: 　百官六 Volume 90 Treatises 43: Official Posts 6	106
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4	97
History of Yuan 《元史》	卷八十七　志第三十七: 　百官三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Official Posts 3	91
History of Jin 《金史》	卷五十四　志第三十五:　選舉四部選省選廉察薦舉功酬虧永 Volume 54 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 4 - Ministry Selection, Provincial Selection, Honest Inspectors, Recommendations, Compensation for Achievements and Perpetual Faults	82
Book of Later Han 《後漢書》	卷六十一左周黃列傳 Volume 61: Biographies of Zuo, Zhou, Huang	74
History of Song 《宋史》	卷二百十三表第四宰輔四 Volume 213 Tables 4: Chancellors 4	71

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
伍举	伍舉	其子伍舉與聲子相善也	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》襄公 Lord Xiang	11
椒举	椒舉	椒舉聚於申公子牟	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》襄公 Lord Xiang	11
柏举	柏舉	蔡侯以吳子及楚人戰于柏舉	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》定公 Lord Ding	5
能举	能舉	能舉善也	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》文公 Lord Wen	4
使举	使舉	仲尼使舉是禮也	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》襄公 Lord Xiang	4
举善	舉善	能舉善也	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》文公 Lord Wen	4
举上	舉上	舉上也	Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》桓公 Lord Huan	3
举曰	舉曰	寡君使舉曰	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》昭公 Lord Zhao	3
举谥	舉謚	桓公葬而後舉謚	Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》桓公 Lord Huan	3
举直	舉直	舉直錯諸枉	The Analects of Confucius 《論語》 2. 《為政》 Wei Zheng	3