提倡
tíchàng · HSK 5
advocate
📣 提 (raise) + 倡 (initiate/lead) = raise up and lead → advocate
提 means to lift or raise (the hand radical 扌 hints at lifting). 倡 originally meant to lead a chorus or initiate a song. Together: to raise up and lead an idea — i.e. advocate or promote it.
提 — hand radical 扌 + 是 (phonetic)
提 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 gives the meaning, since the character originally referred to lifting or carrying something by hand. The right side 是 supplies the sound. From 'lift up' it extended to 'raise (an issue),' 'mention,' and 'bring forward.'