举手

举

舉

jǔ

手

shǒu

to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)

Characters and words in 举手

举

擧

jǔ = ju + Ø3

variant of 舉|举[ju3]

举 = 兴 + 干 : In the space station Zeus eats some dried fruits as he suddenly finds a sea star in the bag. Baffled, he lifts up the sea star to have a closer look.

举

舉

jǔ = ju + Ø3

to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed

举 = 兴 + 干 : In the space station Zeus eats some dried fruits as he suddenly finds a sea star in the bag. Baffled, he lifts up the sea star to have a closer look.

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).