Mnemonic
The grain harvest is overwhelming—mountains of it piling up. One woman realizes she can't manage it alone, so she forms a committee, entrusting each member with a share of the work. Now the grain gets sorted by many hands, and the woman finally breathes easy.
Additional thoughts
Visualize a woman standing before towering heaps of grain, raising her hand to appoint helpers. The act of delegating the grain work captures the essence of entrusting responsibility to a committee.Quick recall
A woman overwhelmed by grain forms a committee to share the burden.Details
The keyword for 委 is committee. This kanji conveys the idea of entrusting or delegating responsibility to others, which is the fundamental purpose of a committee—a group to whom tasks or decisions are assigned. It carries the sense of leaving matters in someone else's hands, relying on their judgment and authority. By extension, it can also imply a yielding or deferring attitude, as one submits affairs to a collective body for deliberation.
- On'yomi
- い
- Kun'yomi
- ゆだ.ねる