No. 1,055 in Japanese
委
"委" means "entrust" or "delegate."
In a sentence
委員会は明日会議を開きます。
The committee will hold a meeting tomorrow.
Here, 『委』 is used in the word 『委員会』 (committee), where it represents the idea of delegation or entrustment within an organizational body.
彼にその仕事を委ねた。
I entrusted the work to him.
In this sentence, 『委』 appears in the verb 『委ねる』 (to entrust), emphasizing the act of delegating or assigning responsibility to someone.
この課題を研究チームに委託した。
The task was commissioned to the research team.
Here, 『委』 is part of the word 『委託』 (commission, entrusting), expressing the notion of formally assigning a task or responsibility to another party.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “委” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “委” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).