委 U+59D4, 委 ← 姓[U+59D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 姕 →[U+59D5]
委 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 竹木女 (HDV), four-corner 20404, composition ⿱禾女)
- 倭, 唩, 婑, 㢻, 㣦, 捼, 涹, 㹻, 㮃, 腇, 矮, 䅗, 緌, 䍴, 蜲, 諉, 诿, 踒, 躷, 錗, 餧, 鯘, 䴧
- 逶, 䬐, 瓾, 覣, 䫋, 魏, 崣, 萎, 䆧, 䰀, 痿, 巍
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6181
- Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1038, character 4
- Unihan data for U+59D4
trad. 委 simp. # 委
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qrol, *qrolʔ): phonetic 禾 (OC *ɡoːl) + semantic 女 (in the oracle bones inscriptions, there was 𠃊 instead of a woman kneeling).
委
- to entrust; to appoint; to send; to commission
- to cast aside
- to gather; to pile up
- indirect
- lower reaches of a river
- dejected
- indeed
- short for 委員／委员 (wěiyuán, “committee member”)
- short for 委員會／委员会 (wěiyuánhuì, “committee”)
- a surname
委
- only used in 委蛇 (wēiyí, “winding; curved”)
For pronunciation and definitions of 委 – see 諉 (“to shirk; to give excuses”).(This character is the second-round simplified form of 諉).Notes:
- Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
- Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
For pronunciation and definitions of 委 – see 萎 (“to wither; to wilt; to decline; to weaken; etc.”).(This character is the second-round simplified form of 萎).Notes:
- Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
- Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
For pronunciation and definitions of 委 – see 痿 (“to be lacking in sexual energies”).(This character is the second-round simplified form of 痿).Notes:
- Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
- Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
- committee
- Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, historical)
- Kun: ゆだねる (yudaneru, 委ねる, Jōyō)、すえ (sue)、くわしい (kuwashii, 委しい)
Kanji in this term 委 いGrade: 3 on’yomi
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 委 (MC ‘jwe|’jweX).
委(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?
- entrust; leave to
- cast aside; abandon
- detailed
- short for 委員会 (iinkai, “committee”)
From Middle Chinese 委 (MC ‘jweX).
Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅙᅱᆼ〯 (Yale: qwǔy) Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun) Reading Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 ᄇᆞ릴 (Yale: polil) 위 (Yale: wuy) Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576 맛딜 (Yale: mastil)더뎌둘 (Yale: tetye-twul) 위 (Yale: wuy) Seokbong Cheonjamun, 1583 ᄇᆞ릴 (Yale: polil) 위 (Yale: wuy)
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
- Phonetic hangul: [위]
委 (eumhun 맡길 위 (matgil wi))
- hanja form? of 위 (“to entrust; to commission”) [verbal root; affix]
- hanja form? of 위 (“short for 위원회(委員會) (wiwonhoe, “committee”)”) [noun]
- (committee): A common convention in news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any hanja.
委: Hán Nôm readings: ủy/uỷ, uế
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