When you raise something you are causing it to be raised. This verb can also mean things like to be listed, to be nominated, or to rise. For these additional meanings, you might want to imagine something rising up onto a list or someone rising up to a nomination, because lists and nominations are always high up.

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

The reading for this is the same as the other "to rise" word, 上がる. Nice how that works, right? So, just associate the two and you have yourself a reading.