漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
委: committee, entrust to
Also: leave to, devote, discard
禾 and 女 carry the meaning
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
イi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 委員いいんcommittee member
- 委員会いいんかいcommittee meeting, committee
- 委託するいたくするcommission, consign, entrust
- 委任するいにんするcharge, entrust, delegate [v.t.]
- 委嘱するいしょくするcommission, entrust
- 委託いたく
- 委任いにん
ゆだねるyudaneru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 委ねるゆだねるto entrust (a matter) to; to leave to
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)禾 (sound) + 女 (meaning)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 禾 + semantic 女 (in the oracle bones inscriptions, there was 𠃊 instead of a woman kneeling).
Source: Wiktionary, 委 (rev. 89895081), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
Connections
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wěi
Same form: 委 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 委 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 委 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wěi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.