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Kanji Information Sheet for 挙 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 手 (て) – hand
Henshall Mnemonic: raise laden table by hand: some act!
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #257 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #257 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 選挙 [せんきょ]
(n,vs) election [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一挙に [いっきょに]
(adv) at a stroke; with a single swoop [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 列挙 [れっきょ]
(n) enumeration; list [K] [D] [Jisho] - 選挙運動 [せんきょうんどう]
participation in election campaign [K] [D] [Jisho] - 選挙権 [せんきょけん]
(n) suffrage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 選挙人 [せんきょにん]
(n) qualified voter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 選挙戦 [せんきょせん]
election campaign [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暴挙 [ぼうきょ]
(n) violence; reckless action [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総選挙 [そうせんきょ]
(n) general election [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小選挙区 [しょうせんきょく]
(n) small electoral district; single-member constituency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 挙がる [あがる]
(v5r) to become prosperous; to be captured [K] [D] [Jisho] - 普通選挙 [ふつうせんきょ]
universal suffrage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 挙げ句 [あげく]
(n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last [K] [D] [Jisho] - 挙句 [あげく]
(n-adv,n-t) in the end; finally; at last [K] [D] [Jisho] - 挙式 [きょしき]
(n) holding a ceremony [K] [D] [Jisho] - 直接選挙 [ちょくせつせんきょ]
direct election [K] [D] [Jisho] - 挙党 [きょとう]
(n,vs) entire (political) party [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一挙 [いっきょ]
(n-adv,n) one effort; one action [K] [D] [Jisho] - 枚挙 [まいきょ]
(n,vs) enumeration [K] [D] [Jisho] - 快挙 [かいきょ]
(n) brilliant achievement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 検挙 [けんきょ]
(n) arrest; roundup [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.