委
委 — Committee
committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
On’yomiイ (i)
Kun’yomiゆだねる (yudaneru)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 委
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委員 | いいん iin | committee member |
| 委員会 | いいんかい iinkai | committee; commission; board |
| 委員長 | いいんちょう iinchou | chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman |
| 委託 | いたく itaku | entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge |
| 教育委員会 | きょういくいいんかい kyouikuiinkai | Board of Education |
| 執行委員 | しっこういいん shikkouiin | executive committee |
Study notes
委 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #187 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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