委

委	U+59D4, 委 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D4

← 姓
[U+59D3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

姕 →
[U+59D5]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

KangXi: page 259, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6181

Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1038, character 4

Unihan data for U+59D4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ve
Min Bei (KCR): ṳ̌
Min Dong (BUC): ūi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): úi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui²
Wu (Wiktionary): ue (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
  - Wade–Giles: wei³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai²
  - Yale: wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ve
  - Hakka Romanization System: ve
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ve⁴
  - IPA: /ve⁵⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̌
  - IPA ^(key): /y²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ūi
  - IPA ^(key): /uoi³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
  - Tâi-lô: uí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
  - IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ue (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɯe̞³⁴/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 委
Mandarin	Beijing	/uei²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/uei²¹³/
	Tianjin	/vei¹³/
	Jinan	/vei⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/vəʔ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/uei⁵³/
	Xi'an	/uei⁵³/
	Xining	/uɨ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/vei⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/vei⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/vei⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/uei⁴²/
	Chengdu	/uei⁵³/
	Guiyang	/uei⁴²/
	Kunming	/uei⁵³/
	Nanjing	/uəi²¹²/
	Hefei	/ue²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vei⁵³/
	Pingyao	/uei⁵³/
	Hohhot	/vei⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ue³⁵/
	Suzhou	/ue̞⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔui⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/v̠u³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ue³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/ue²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/uei⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/uəi⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ui²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/vi⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/vui²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wai³⁵/
	Nanning	/wɐi³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wai³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ui⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/uoi³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/y²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ui⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ui²¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiuᴇ^X/▼

Rime
Character	委
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	於詭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ʔjue^X/
Wang Li	/ǐwe^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)ojʔ/, /*q(r)orʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qrolʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	委	委	委
Reading #	2/4	3/4	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wěi	wěi	wěi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwe^X ›	‹ ʔjwe^X ›	‹ ʔjwe^X ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)ojʔ/	/*q(r)ojʔ/	/*q(r)orʔ/
English	entrust to	collect; store	bend; hang down
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 #	2/2
No.	12903
Phonetic component	委
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	委
Old Chinese	/*qrolʔ/

Definitions

委

to entrust; to appoint; to send; to commission
to cast aside
to gather; to pile up
indirect
lower reaches of a river
dejected
indeed
Short for 委員／委员 (wěiyuán, “committee member”).
Short for 委員會／委员会 (wěiyuánhuì, “committee”).
A surname.

Compounds

Derived terms from 委

中常委
主任委員／主任委员
主委 (zhǔwěi)
僑委會／侨委会
勞委會／劳委会
原委 (yuánwěi)
受委屈
奉委
委付
委任 (wěirèn)
委任狀／委任状
委任直選／委任直选
委任立法
委任統治／委任统治
委內瑞拉／委内瑞拉 (Wěinèiruìlā)
委吏
委命
委咎
委員／委员 (wěiyuán)
委員制／委员制
委員會／委员会 (wěiyuánhuì)
委國／委国 (wěiguó)
委婉 (wěiwǎn)

委宛
委實／委实
委屈 (wěiqu)
委巷
委曲 (wěiqū)
委曲成全
委曲求全
委果
委棄／委弃
委決不下／委决不下
委派 (wěipài)
委瑣／委琐
委用
委的
委禽
委積／委积
委結／委结
委罪
委託／委托 (wěituō)
委託書／委托书 (wěituōshū)
委託行／委托行
委質／委质
委身 (wěishēn)

委身玉盤／委身玉盘
委辦／委办
委過／委过
委重投艱／委重投艰
委靡
委靡不振
委頓／委顿
差委
常務委員／常务委员 (chángwù wěiyuán)
推委
政務委員／政务委员
政委 (zhèngwěi)
斯文委地
櫃檯委託／柜台委托
深知原委
源委
監察委員／监察委员
窮源竟委／穷源竟委
立委 (lìwěi)
立法委員／立法委员 (lìfǎwěiyuán)
考試委員／考试委员
臺委／台委
黨委／党委 (dǎngwěi)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai¹
  - Yale: wāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiuᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	委
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	於爲切
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

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

委

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 委

委蛇 (wēiyí)

虛與委蛇／虚与委蛇 (xūyǔwēiyí)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 委 – see 諉 (“pass buck, lay blame on others”). (This character, 委, is the second-round simplified form of 諉.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China 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”). (This character, 委, is the second-round simplified form of 萎.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China 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 paralysed; impotent; lacking in sexual power”). (This character, 委, is the second-round simplified form of 痿.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

委

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

committee

Readings

Goon: い (i, Jōyō)
Kan’on: い (i, Jōyō)
Kun: ゆだねる (yudaneru, 委ねる, Jōyō); すえ (sue); くわしい (kuwashii, 委しい)

Korean

Hanja

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

put in charge of, commmission
give up
petty

Vietnamese

Han character

Hán Việt: ủy/uỷ, uế

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