委

Translingual

Han character

委 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木女 (HDV), four-corner 2040₄, composition ⿱禾女)

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		委
simp. #		委

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 委
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
矮	*qraːlʔ
躷	*qraːlʔ
捼	*noːl, *nuːl, *njul
倭	*qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹	*qoːl
踒	*qoːl
餧	*nuːlʔ, *qrols
諉	*nols, *qrolʔ
痿	*njol, *qrol
萎	*qrol, *qrols
逶	*qrol
覣	*qrol
蜲	*qrol, *qrolʔ
委	*qrol, *qrolʔ
緌	*njul

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai¹
    • Yale: wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwe

Rime
Character	委
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於爲切
Baxter	'jwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)oj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrol/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	委
Reading #	1/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwe ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)oj/
English	委蛇 compliant, complaisant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	委
Reading #	1/2
No.	12901
Phonetic component	委
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	逶
Old Chinese	/*qrol/
Notes	小徐禾聲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 委

1. Only used in 委蛇 (wēiyí, “winding; curved”).

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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.

Etymology 4

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.

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Japanese

Kanji

委

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. committee

Readings

• 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)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
委
い Grade: 3
on’yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 委 (MC 'jwe|'jweX).

Affix

委(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. entrust; leave to
2. cast aside; abandon
3. detailed
4. Short for 委員会 (iinkai, “committee”).

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Korean

Hanja

委 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

1. put in charge of, commmission

Compounds

• 委官(위관, )
• 委員(위원, wiwon)
• 委任(위임, )
• 委囑(위촉, )

• 委託(위탁,
• 對策委(대책위, )
• 全委(전위, )
• 特委(특위, )

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Vietnamese

Han character

委: Hán Nôm readings: ủy/uỷ, uế

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