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committee

HSK 5 N2
wěi
ゆだ.ねる
Depicts grain (禾) in a bent shape (𠃊).
Components
Iconic component
standing grain
grain still on stalk
𠃊 Iconic component
yǐn hidden area
bend
Used here to depict a bent shape. Modern form looks like 女.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[Wěi]
surname Wei
[wēi]
same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding, curved
[wěi]
to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly
Japanese
同音
n-suf abbrev. committee; commission; board; panel
Korean
[委]
Affix
-wi; A suffix used to mean a committee.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
いなずか
Inazuka surname
くわし
Kuwashi unclassified name
つぶさ
Tsubusa given name
とも
Tomo female given name