委

Wei3
#457 most
frequent character
surname Wei

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

委 shows a woman 女 with grain 禾, and first meant 'to submit, give way'. 禾 also carries the sound, though the link is faint today. The meaning grew to 'bent', then 'to entrust', and later 'committee'.

Drawn as: woman beside grain

委 as a component in other characters

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Same Characters, Different Readings

委wēi
used in 委蛇[wei1yi2]
委wěi
to entrust, to cast aside

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