委 – committee, entrust to, leave to

8 strokesTaught in grade 3#187 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 委 means committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イ (i); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ゆだ.ねる (yudaneru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イ	i
Kun’yomi	ゆだ.ねる	yudaneru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: 禾・女.

Words using 委

委員いいんcommittee member委託いたくentrusting (something to a person)

Example sentences

委員は全員出席している。

The committee are all present.

Tatoeba #191119

ベンは日記を弁護士が管理するよう委託した。

Ben committed his diary to the lawyer's care.

Tatoeba #196612

Kanji with the same radical

女始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹姉妨

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