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委 = 禾 + 女

委 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “appoint”. It is built from 禾 (grain still on stalk) and 女 (woman). It appears as a component in 23 other characters in this index.

Keyword
appoint
Pinyin (Mandarin)
wěi
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
appoint, send, commission, назначать, поручать, посылать, send, commission
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
委 committee

Decomposition

ids

  1. 禾 grain still on stalk
  2. 女 woman

Characters that contain 委

How to find 委 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain still on stalk” + “woman”. 委 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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