委

委 U+59D4, 委 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D4 ← 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 逶 㮃 腇 矮 䅗 緌 䍴 蜲 諉(诿) 踒 躷 錗 䬐 餧 鯘 䴧
• 瓾 覣 䫋 魏 崣 萎 䆧 䰀 痿

• 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

1. to entrust; to appoint; to send; to commission
2. to cast aside
3. to gather; to pile up
4. indirect
5. lower reaches of a river
6. dejected
7. indeed
8. Short for 委員／委员 (wěiyuán, “committee member”).
9. Short for 委員會／委员会 (wěiyuánhuì, “committee”).
10. a surname

委

1. 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)

1. 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)?}

1. entrust; leave to
2. cast aside; abandon
3. detailed
4. 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]

Wikisource

委 (eumhun 맡길 위 (matgil wi))

1. hanja form^? of 위 (“to entrust; to commission”) [verbal root; affix]
2. 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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