Raise

On’yomi: きょ
Kun’yomi: あ
Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
School grade: 4
Strokes: 10

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 協 (Cooperation), less common than 況 (Condition).

Grass on top, ground in the middle, fins and a hand at the bottom — a hand with fins pushes up from the ground through the grass, raised high in the air.

In words

挙げるあげる to raise,to flyN2

選挙せんきょ electionN1

一挙にいっきょに at a stroke;with a single swoopN1

挙 is rank 652 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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