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Chinese symbol for “heave”

举起
jǔ qǐ
Traditional: 舉起
to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heave is 举起 (jǔ qǐ), defined as: to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

举 jǔ
to raise; to recommend; to praise
radical 3 ⼂ · 9 strokes
起 qǐ
to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “heave”

WordPinyinMeaning
波荡 (波蕩)bō dàngheave; surge

Related words

Other words that share a character with 举起.

WordPinyinMeaning
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
选举 (選舉)xuǎn jǔto elect; election
举办 (舉辦)jǔ bànto conduct; to hold (an event)
举报 (舉報)jǔ bàoto report (malefactors to the police); to denounce
举动 (舉動)jǔ dòngact; action
举措 (舉措)jǔ cuòmove; act; measure
起来 (起來)qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)

See also: Japanese symbol for “heave”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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