委

entrust; committee; entrust to; leave to; devote; discard

8 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 187.

Readings

• イ (on reading): 委員会 (いいんかい) committee; 委員 (いいん) committee member
• ゆだねる (kun reading): 委ねる (ゆだねる) to entrust (a matter) to; 全権を委ねる (ぜんけんをゆだねる) to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)

Components

• 禾
• 女
• 女 radical woman
• 禾 radical grain

Kanji containing 委

• 魏 high
• 倭 Yamato
• 萎 wither
• 逶 long
• 痿 atrophy
• 矮 low

Words using 委

• 委員会 (いいんかい) committee
• 委員 (いいん) committee member
• 委員長 (いいんちょう) chairperson (of a committee)
• 委託 (いたく) entrusting (something to a person)
• 委嘱 (いしょく) commissioning
• 委ねる (ゆだねる) to entrust (a matter) to
• 全権を委ねる (ぜんけんをゆだねる) to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)
• 身を委ねる (みをゆだねる) to yield oneself (to something)

198 words in all.

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