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委

wěi

wěi · wai2 (Jyutping)

  1. to entrust
  2. to cast aside
  3. to shift (blame etc)
  4. to accumulate
  5. roundabout
  6. winding
  7. dejected
  8. listless
  9. committee member
  10. council
  11. end
  12. actually
  13. certainly
  14. surname Wei

wēi

  1. used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

委

Meaning
appoint, send, commission
Radical
女
Strokes
8
Components
⿱禾女
Cangjie
HDV
Four-corner
2040.4

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