公举

public election

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

variant of 舉|举[ju3]

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