举手

Character by character

• 举jǔ9 strokesHSK 2 traditional 舉raise, lift up; recommend
• 手shǒu4 strokesHSK 1hand

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 举手. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 手shǒuHSK 1

  hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill

• 手机shǒu jīHSK 1

  cell phone; mobile phone

• 选手xuǎn shǒuHSK 3

  athlete; contestant

• 手术shǒu shùHSK 4

  (surgical) operation; surgery

• 举行jǔ xíngHSK 2

  to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

• 对手duì shǒuHSK 3

  opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match

• 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4

  in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands

• 手段shǒu duànHSK 5

  method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick

• 举jǔHSK 2

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

• 分手fēn shǒuHSK 4

  to part company; to split up; to break up

• 举办jǔ bànHSK 3

  to conduct; to hold

• 歌手gē shǒuHSK 3

  singer

• 选举xuǎn jǔHSK 6

  to elect; election

• 手指shǒu zhǐHSK 3

  finger

• 动手dòng shǒuHSK 5

  to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch

• 双手shuāng shǒuHSK 5

  both hands

• 杀手shā shǒuHSK 7

  killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player

• 高手gāo shǒuHSK 6

  expert; past master; dab hand

• 放手fàng shǒu

  to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand

• 手法shǒu fǎHSK 5

  technique; trick; skill

• 手臂shǒu bìHSK 7

  arm; helper

• 凶手xiōng shǒuHSK 6

  murderer; assassin

• 着手zhuó shǒuHSK 7

  to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out

• 手续shǒu xùHSK 3

  procedure; formalities