TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
舉
ㄐㄩˇ · jǔ
verb — to lift, raise; to hold (an event)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Iyǔ → jǔ — the initial hardens; the rest holds
Four hands already on it (與), one more hand (手) set underneath — and up it goes: to lift. What a town lifts up before everyone, it holds: 舉行、舉辦; whom it lifts, it chooses: 選舉; lifted out as an instance: 舉例.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
梁木太沉，四雙手（與）墊在下面，再伸進一隻手（手）——喊一聲，起！
The beam is too much; four hands (與) under it, one more hand (手) slides beneath — a shout, and it rises.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)舉起、抬起— to lift, raise常用
→舉行、舉辦— to hold — the event lifted before everyone
→選舉— to elect — a person lifted up
→舉例— to cite — an instance lifted out
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension