What is the Kanji for "Committee"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Committee", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Committee" is "委".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "I".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "禾" means "Cereal" . And The kanji "女" means "Woman" and can be read as "Jo", "Nyo", "Onna", and "Me".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "委" mean in japanese?

"委" means "Committee".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Third Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

委員: "Member". The Japanese noun '委員 (いいん)' means 'member'. This word is used to refer to a person who belongs to an organization, committee, or group. It implies that the person has been appointed or elected to serve in that capacity. For example: She is a member of the school committee - (彼女は学校の委員です). The committee members met to discuss the proposal - (委員会の委員が提案について話し合いました).

委員会: "Committee". The Japanese noun '委員会 (いいんかい)' refers to a group of people who are appointed or elected to perform a function, such as investigating, advising, or governing. Committees are commonly found in organizations, businesses, and governments. They are responsible for making decisions, providing recommendations, and overseeing specific tasks or projects. For example: The student council is an important committee at our school - (学生会は私たちの学校の重要な委員会です). The company formed a new committee to review the budget - (会社は新しい委員会を作って予算を確認することにしました).

委託: "Entrustment". The Japanese noun '委託 (いたく)' refers to the act of entrusting or delegating a task, duty or responsibility to someone else. This word is commonly used in business and legal contexts to describe the transfer of management, control or authority over a certain matter to another party. For example: The company entrusted the project to their best team - (会社は最高のチームにその仕事を委託した). She entrusted the care of her children to her parents while she was away - (彼女は両親に子供の世話を委託した while 彼女は外出していた).

委ねる: "Entrust" or "Commit". The Japanese verb '委ねる (ゆだねる)' means 'to entrust' or 'to commit'. It is used to describe the act of placing something or someone in the care or control of another person or entity. This verb often implies a sense of trust and confidence in the person or thing being entrusted. For example: I entrusted the project to her - (私はその仕事を彼女に委ねた). She committed herself to the task - (彼女はその仕事に委ねた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "い" is read as "i"

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.