Hanja Analyzer
委

委 — wi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
맡길 위
Romanization
wi
English
appoint, send, commission
Mandarin
wěi
Japanese on'yomi
イ
Japanese kun'yomi
ゆだ.ねる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#187 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
女 (38, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
禾
Unicode
U+59D4

Parts that make up 委

  • 禾 벼 화sound 이삭이 늘어진 벼곡식과 농사
  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계

How 委 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 委 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 禾, 女.

Korean example words with 委

  • 위항委巷 Korean gloss: 좁고 지저분한 거리
  • 위촉委囑 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 남에게 부탁하여 맡게 함
  • 위절委折 Korean gloss: 순조롭지 아니하게 얽힌 이런저런 복잡한 사정이나 까닭
  • 위원委員 Korean gloss: 선거나 임명에 의하여 지명되어 단체의 특정 사항을 처리할 것을 위임받은 사람
  • 위곡하다委曲 Korean gloss: 찬찬하고 자세하다
  • 위탁하다委託 Korean gloss: 법률 행위나 사무의 처리를 다른 사람에게 맡겨 부탁하다
  • 위판하다委販 Korean gloss: 상품이나 증권을 제삼자에게 수수료를 주고 맡겨서 팔게 하다
  • 위원장委員長 Korean gloss: 위원 가운데 우두머리
  • 위촉장委囑狀 Korean gloss: 위촉을 나타내는 문서
  • 위원실委員室 Korean gloss: 위원들이 업무를 보는 방
  • 운영위運營委 Korean gloss: ‘운영 위원회’를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 조사위調査委 Korean gloss: ‘조사 위원회’를 줄여 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 委

  • 委員いいん committee member
  • 委員会いいんかい committee; commission; board
  • 委員長いいんちょう chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman
  • 委託いたく entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge
  • 執行委員しっこういいん executive committee
  • 教育委員会きょういくいいんかい Board of Education
  • 公安委員会こうあんいいんかい public safety commission
  • 議院運営委員会ぎいんうんえいいいんかい Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet); House Steering Committee; Standing Committee for House Management
  • 常任委員会じょうにんいいんかい standing committee
  • 委任いにん entrusting; charge; delegation
  • 委嘱いしょく commissioning; entrusting (with); request
  • 労働委員会ろうどういいんかい labor-relations board; labour-relations board

Characters sharing the phonetic 禾

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “위”

Other hanja with radical 女

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