Kanji N2

委: committee, entrust to, leave to

委 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning committee, entrust to, leave to, written with 8 strokes. It is read イ (on) and ゆだねる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 委員 (いいん, committee member) and 委託 (いたく, entrusting).

委

Meanings

  • committee
  • entrust to
  • leave to
  • devote
  • discard
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#187 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • イ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ゆだねる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 委

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 委員いいん

    committee member

    JLPT N3
  • 委託いたく

    entrusting (something to a person)

    JLPT N1
  • 委員会いいんかい

    committee; commission; board; panel

  • 委員長いいんちょう

    chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman

  • 委任いにん

    entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization

  • 委嘱いしょく

    commissioning; entrusting (with); request

  • 執行委員しっこういいん

    executive committee

  • 委ねるゆだねる

    to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.