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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “heave”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 举起.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 选举 (選舉) | xuǎn jǔ | to elect; election |
| 举办 (舉辦) | jǔ bàn | to conduct; to hold (an event) |
| 举报 (舉報) | jǔ bào | to report (malefactors to the police); to denounce |
| 举动 (舉動) | jǔ dòng | act; action |
| 举措 (舉措) | jǔ cuò | move; act; measure |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to 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.