Kanji

委

committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

女部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

イ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ゆだねる

Nanori (Name Reading)

くつ, つく, とも, も, もろ

Common Readings

イ

Example sentences

委員長 いいんちょう
彼は生徒会の委員長に選ばれた。

He was elected as the chairperson of the student council.

選出 せんしゅつ
彼は満場一致で、新しいクラス委員長に選出された。

He was elected as the new class president by unanimous vote.

委員 いいん
彼は学級委員に選ばれた。

He was elected as a class committee member.

全員 ぜんいん
会議には委員が全員出席した。

All members of the committee attended the meeting.

委員会 いいんかい
来週の委員会で新しい規則について話し合う予定だ。

We plan to discuss new rules at next week's committee meeting.

議論 ぎろん
委員会で新しい規則について議論した。

The committee discussed the new regulations.

委ねる ゆだねる
彼は自分の運命を天に委ねた。

He entrusted his fate to heaven.

身を委ねる みをゆだねる
彼女は波の音に身を委ね、目を閉じた。

She surrendered herself to the sound of the waves and closed her eyes.

委託 いたく
プロジェクトの一部を外部の業者に委託しました。

We outsourced a part of the project to an external vendor.

Example Vocabulary

委員長

いいんちょう

chairperson; committee chair

委員

いいん

committee member

委員会

いいんかい

committee, board, commission

委ねる

ゆだねる

to entrust; to leave to; to devote

身を委ねる

みをゆだねる

to surrender oneself to; to give oneself up to

実行委員

じっこういいん

学級委員

がっきゅういいん

委託

いたく

consignment; entrusting

実行委員会

じっこういいんかい

教育委員会

きょういくいいんかい

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