举办
jǔbàn · HSK 3
hold
🎪 举 = raise/lift + 办 = handle/manage → to hold/run (an event)
举 means to raise or lift up; 办 means to handle or manage. Together they mean to hold or conduct an event — you lift it up and manage it. Used for hosting ceremonies, running meetings, staging exhibitions.
举 — hands 𠆢 + give 与 (simplified from 擧)
Originally written 擧, showing hands (手) lifting something together with the phonetic 與 'together'. The simplified form 举 keeps the idea of many hands raising up. Core meaning 'to lift, raise' extended to 'to launch, propose, hold (an event)'.
办 — 力 (strength) flanked by two 丶 dots
办 is the simplified form of 辦, which combined 力 (strength/effort) with 辡 (two 辛 'criminals/disputes') to mean 'to manage or handle a dispute'. The simplified shape keeps 力 in the center and reduces the surrounding element to two small dots, preserving the sense of 'doing' or 'handling' something.