委 (wěi): committee, to entrust

委 (wěi) is a Chinese character meaning “committee, to entrust.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (structural) and 女 (structural). It ranks #457 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. committee, to entrust

Stroke Order

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8

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 委

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
委托verbwěi tuōto entrust6
委屈adjective/verbwěi quwronged6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
评委nounpíng wěievaluation committee
委员会nounwěi yuán huìcommittee
委托人wěi tuō rén(law) client
委员nounwěi yuáncommittee member
委内瑞拉proper-nounwěi nèi ruì lāVenezuela
委婉adjectivewěi wǎntactful
委任verbwěi rènto appoint
委派verbwěi pàito appoint
评委会píng wěi huìjudging panel
原委nounyuán wěithe whole story
委曲求全phrasewěi qū qiú quánto accept a compromise
政委nounzhèng wěipolitical commissar (within the army)
委员长nounwěi yuán zhǎnghead of a committee
组委会zǔ wěi huìorganizing committee (abbr. for 組織委員會|组织委员会)
委托书nounwěi tuō shūcommission
100
Total compounds
29
As first character
30
As last character
41
As middle character

委 appears in 100 compound words: 29 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 41 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 委 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

会huì
0.694374,230 co-occurrences
员yuán
0.665427,492 co-occurrences
记jì
0.60497,282 co-occurrences
书shū
0.592110,218 co-occurrences
副fù
0.56593,046 co-occurrences
常cháng
0.529109,514 co-occurrences
党dǎng
0.51169,434 co-occurrences
央yāng
0.50566,124 co-occurrences
任rèn
0.473121,806 co-occurrences
政zhèng
0.469115,160 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (7)

立法委员lìfǎ wěiyuánHSK 6+

legislator; member of the Legislative Yuan

noun
委靡不振wěi mǐ bù zhèn

variant of 萎靡不振

phrase
委内瑞拉WěinèiruìlāHSK 7+

Venezuela (a country in South America)

委曲求全wěiqūqiúquánHSK 6+

stoop to compromise; accept a compromise; compromise out of consideration for the general interest

phrase
委任统治wěi rèn tǒng zhìHSK 6+

mandate (territory administration)

phrase
虚与委蛇xūyǔwēiyíHSK 6+

sham politeness and compliance; courtesy without sincerity; false civility

phrase
中央军委Zhōngyāng JūnwěiHSK 6+

short for 中央軍事委員會/中央军事委员会 (Zhōngyāng Jūnshì Wěiyuánhuì, “Central Military Commission”)

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

委员会经过讨论,决定采纳这个建议。

Wěiyuánhuì jīngguò tǎolùn, juédìng cǎinà zhè gè jiànyì.

After discussion, the committee decided to adopt this suggestion.

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民生委员不足 都が活动费を3倍増へ

mín shēng wěi yuán bù zú dōu huó dòng fèi 3 bèi 増

Lack of livelihood committee members Tokyo to triple activity expenses

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委内瑞拉外长在联合国人权理事会要求美国释放...

wěi nèi ruì lā wài cháng zài lián gě guó rén quán lǐ shì huì yāo qiú měi guó shì fàng . . .

Venezuela's foreign minister demanded the release of the United States at the UN Human Rights Council...

東方日報Feb 2026

拨乱反正:和委会还不如金砖上合

bō luàn fǎn zhèng : hé wěi huì hái bù rú jīn zhuān shàng gě

Rectify the chaos: the peace committee is not as good as the BRICS SCO

百度新闻Feb 2026

回应法国质疑 欧委会称受邀参加“和平委员会”会议是..

huí yīng fǎ guó zhì yí ōu wěi huì chèn shòu yāo cān jiā hé píng wěi yuán huì huì yì shì . .

In response to France's doubts, the European Commission said that the invitation to the meeting of the "Peace Commission" was:

百度新闻Feb 2026

洛杉矶奥组委主席涉爱泼斯坦案,市长呼吁其辞职

洛 杉 矶 ào zǔ wěi zhǔ xí shè ài pō sī tǎn àn , shì cháng hū xū qí cí zhí

Mayor calls for resignation of L.A. Olympic chairman in Epstein case.

Tatoeba

你是委员会中的成员吗?

Nǐ shì wěiyuánhuì zhōng de chéngyuán ma?

Are you on the committee?

Tatoeba

卡拉卡斯是委内瑞拉的首都。

Kǎlākǎsī shì Wěinèiruìlā de shǒudū.

Caracas is Venezuela's capital.

Tatoeba

为了调查物价,成立了一个委员会。

Wèile diàochá wùjià, chénglì le yī gè wěiyuánhuì.

A committee was constituted to investigate prices.

Tatoeba

委员会是由三男七女组成的。

Wěiyuánhuì shì yóu sān nán qī nǚ zǔchéng de.

The committee is composed of three men and seven women.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced wěi

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 委 (wěi) mean in Chinese?
委 (wěi) primarily means "committee, to entrust." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #457 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 委 have?
委 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 委?
The radical associated with 委 is 女 (woman). This radical appears in many characters related to woman.
What are the components of 委?
委 is composed of: 禾 (structural), 女 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱禾女 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 委?
Common words with 委 include: 评委 (píng wěi, "evaluation committee"); 委员会 (wěi yuán huì, "committee"); 委托 (wěi tuō, "to entrust"); 委托人 (wěi tuō rén, "(law) client"); 委员 (wěi yuán, "committee member"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 委 (wěi)?
Several characters share the pronunciation wěi: 为 (as (in the capacity of)), 位 (position, measure word), 维 (to maintain), 围 (to encircle), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 委 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 委 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.