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委

committee
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingイ
Kun readingゆだ.ねる
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. committeeRtK
  2. entrust to
  3. leave to
  4. devote
  5. discard
  1. to entrust (a matter) to
  2. to leave to
  3. to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure)
  4. to yield to (e.g. anger)
  5. to devote oneself to

Popular Usage

委員委託

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 979

Compound words

委員いいん
committee member
委託いたく
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
委任いにん
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
委嘱いしょく
commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
委ねるゆだねる
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
委員会いいんかい
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
委員長いいんちょう
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
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
常任委員会じょうにんいいんかい
standing committee
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
委曲いきょく
details
委細いさい
details
委托いたく
entrusting (something to a person)
委嘱状いしょくじょう
letter of appointment (to a position)
委託生いたくせい
scholarship student sent by government office or business
委任状いにんじょう
commission
予算委よさんい
Budget Committee (of the Diet)
委細面談いさいめんだん
details when I see you
交渉委員こうしょういいん
negotiating committeemen
委託するいたくする
to entrust
欧州委員会おうしゅういいんかい
European Commission (executive of the EU)
検討委員会けんとういいんかい
investigative commission

Additional Examples

彼は権限を腕利きの助手に委任した。
He delegated his authority to his competent assistant.tatoeba
彼は委員会の中で重要な役割を果たした。
He played an important role on the committee.tatoeba
彼は委員会の決定を知らされなかったと文句を言った。
He complained that he had not been informed of the committee's decision.tatoeba
彼は委員会の議長に選ばれた。
He was elected chairman of the committee.tatoeba
阪急バスに運行委託。
Operation is being outsourced to Hankyu Bus.wiki
丹後海陸交通に委託。
The management of the bus route is commissioned to the Tango Kairiku Transport Co., Ltd.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 委

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