委 = 禾 + 女

委 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “committee”. It is built from 禾 (grain) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 979. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: committee
RTK frame: 979
Strokes: 8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): イ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ゆだ.ねる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: комитет
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 委 appoint

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 委

How to find 委 without knowing its reading

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

Open 委 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.