委 (wěi)
committee member/to entrust
How 委 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 禾 — grain
- Traditional
- 委
- Simplified
- 委 (unchanged)
Components
- 禾 grain
- 女 woman
委 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- wěi
- surname Wei
- wēi
- same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding, curved
Common words using 委
- 委屈 wěiqu
- to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance
- 中紀委 zhōngjìwěi
- disciplinary committee of the Chinese communist party; abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会
- 委內瑞拉 wěinèiruìlā
- Venezuela
- 委員 wěiyuán
- committee member; committee; council
- 委員會 wěiyuánhuì
- committee
- 委婉 wěiwǎn
- tactful; euphemistic
- 委曲 wěiqū
- sinuous; devious; full details of a story
- 委託 wěituō
- to entrust; to trust; to commission
- 居委會 jūwěihuì
- neighbourhood committee
- 市委 shìwěi
- municipal committee
- 常委 chángwěi
- member of standing committee
- 常委會 chángwěihuì
- standing committee
委 in a sentence
他是一位立法委員。
Tā shì yí wèi lìfǎ wěiyuán.
“He is a legislator.”
How common is 委?
委 is the 457th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 73.9% of all running text.
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