Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Amazing Chinese Character(759)Lift - 举(舉)

The big seal script of character Lift is 

The top and middle part are same as that of character Give - 与(Post 758), meaning two hands lift elephant Tooth, and put it down. The bottom is character Hand, which emphasizes how heavy the elephant tooth is, needs extra hand (extra person) to help.

The small script of character Lift is 

The top and middl parts are similar to the top of character Give, the bottom is character Hand.

The clerical script of character Lift is
The top (not including the middle) part is similar to the top part of old scripts, which means that two hands put down the elephant tooth. The two hands lifting the elephant tooth become one long horizontal line, one falling-left line, and one falling-right line, which are from the two hands in small script of Lift. The hand in the bottom becomes two horizontal lines, which are from the two concave arcs, and one vertical line.

The pictography of the character is lost more than half.

The song typeface of character Lift is
 
 
The top part becomes three dots, the rest are similar to clerical script. The pictography of the character is completely lost.

The Pinyin of the character is Ju3.




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Amazing Chinese Character(759)Lift - 举(舉)

The big seal script of character Lift is  The top and middle part are same as that of character Give - 与(Post 758), meaning two hands lift e...