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In its early form, 委 combined grain (禾) with a bent shape (𠃊) beneath it, illustrating grain bending over. This image of yielding gave rise to the senses of compliance, submission, and casting something aside. Over time, the character's meaning shifted toward entrusting a task, delegating authority, or appointing someone, and it now appears in compounds for committees, commissions, and officially designated representatives. The lower component, written 女 in the modern script, originally represented the bent shape rather than a woman.
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我委托朋友帮忙。
他是委员会的成员。
她感到非常委屈。
他委婉地拒绝了邀请。
公司委派他去出差。
总统委任了新部长。
这件事委实令人惊讶。
经过委员会慎重讨论，决定委派专家小组调查此事。
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