委

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wěi, wēi, wèi
Cantonese: wai1 wai2
JapaneseKun: YUDANERU SUE KUWASHII
JapaneseOn: I
Korean: WI
Vietnamese: uỷ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: appoint, send, commission

CE-Dict: to entrust/to cast aside/to shift (blame etc)/to accumulate/roundabout/winding/dejected/listless/committee member/council/end/actually/certainly

Soothill: To throw down, depute; really; crooked; the end.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.in a carefree manner; descriptive of ease and self-possession
wei
ㄨㄟˇ
1.to depute; to deputize
2.to send; to put in charge of; to commission
3.to give up; to abandon
4.to be frustrated, weakened or tired
5.really; truly; indeed
6.a grievance; a wrong
7.to stoop or lower oneself (in order to avoid an open conflict, etc.)
8.a Chinese family name

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: appoint; committee; end; listless; really; roundabout; shift; throw away
trust

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: appoint; committee; end; listless; really; roundabout; shift; throw away; trust

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》委委隨也。从女从禾。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】委
【廣韻】於詭切【集韻】【韻會】鄔毀切，𠀤音骫。任也，屬也。【莊子·知北遊】生非汝有，是天地之委和也。性命非汝有，是天地之委順也。子孫非汝有，是天地之委蛻也。【左傳·昭元年】徐吾犯之妹美，公孫黑强委禽焉。　又頓也。【唐書·杜遜能傳】書詔雲委。【蘇頲傳】詔書塡委。　又棄置也。【孟子】委而去之。又本曰原，末曰委。【禮·學記】或原也，或委也。　又端委，禮衣。【左傳·昭元年】劉子謂趙孟曰：吾與子弁冕端委。　又宛委，山名，在會稽東南。【汲冢周書】禹登宛委山，發金𥳑之書，得通水之理。　又姓。【風俗通】太原太守委進。　又【集韻】於僞切，音萎。委積牢米薪蒭之總名。少曰委，多曰積，委積以待施惠。　又籠貨物之府。漢少府有屬官，郡置轉輸，開委府于京師，以籠貨物。　又【廣韻】於爲切【集韻】邕危切，𠀤音逶。雍容自得之貌。【詩·召南】委蛇委蛇。【鄘風】委委佗佗。　【說文】委，隨也。从女从禾。【徐鉉曰】曲也。从禾垂穗，委曲之貌。

CF-Dict: charger/mandater/rejeter

Han-De-Dict: gewiss, in der Tat, allerdings (u.E.)/abwälzen