Taxonomy of meanings for 委:　　

  • 委 wēi (OC: qrol MC: ʔʷɯiɛ) 於為切 平 廣韻：【委委佗佗美也 】
  • 委 wěi (OC: qrolʔ MC: ʔʷɯiɛ) 於詭切 上 廣韻：【委曲也亦委積又屬也棄也隨也任也又姓漢有太原太守委進出風俗通於詭切五 】
    • SEND
        • spatial: downwards>HANG
            • physical: of cloth/headgear>RIM
              • getting detached>FALL
                • vtoNfall on (the ground)
                • causative>DROP
                    • abstract: cause to be away>DISCARD
                      • vt(oN)abandon; give up (a contextually determinate object)
                      • vtoNrelegate to another place, send away; abandon, give up; disregard as unimportant
                      • cause to remain absent>AVOID
                          • what should be avoided>>UNJUST
                  • transfer to a new owner>GIVE
                    • vtoNpass on to, give to; hand over (for keeping); entrust to
                    • vttoN1:postvtoN2give N2 to N1
                    • vtt(oN1.)以N2{OBJ}give the contextually determiate N1 the present N2CH
                    • for good care>ENTRUST
                      • vttoN1.+N2entrust N1 to N2
                    • transfer to a new place>PUT
                        • many things in the same place>ACCUMULATE
                          • naccumulation (of grain); supply (of grain); public store of grain; grain in storage; reserve; surplussyn.group ?????
                          • vadNaccumulated
                          • viactpile up on a small scale; garner
                          • vimiddle voiceget accumulated
                          • vtoNpile up on a small scale
                        • accumulated water>>POOL
                          • transfer metaphorically, to a bureaucratic post>APPOINT
                            • vtoNsend to fill an office, order to fill an office;
                    • round>CURVED
                      • round>HAT
                        • grammaticalised: adverbial>REALITY
                        • 委 ｗｅｉ４《集韻》於偽切，去寘影。微部。
                        • wěiBEND
                          • vtoNbendCH

                        Additional information about 委

                        說文解字: 【委】，委隨也。从女、从禾。 〔小徐本作「從女、禾聲。」〕 【臣鉉等曰：委曲也。取其禾穀垂穗委曲之皃，故从禾。】 【於詭切】 〔小徐本此字次於「婐」字之後。〕

                          Criteria
                        • ACCUMULATE

                          [ABSTRACT/CONCRETE]

                          [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                          [LARGE-SCALE/SMALL-SCALE]

                          [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

                          1. The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"), and the word focusses on the process of accumulation rather than on the result only.

                          [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]

                          2. Xù 畜 / 蓄 refers specifically to accumulation and continuous storage of things for the purpose of sustenance of life or the rearing of domestic animals.

                          [CONCRETE], [SMALL-SCALE] [TRANSITORY]

                          3. Chǔ 儲 refers to the accumulation and continuous storage of new articles of general use for the maintainance of life.

                          [CONCRETE!], [TRANSITORY]

                          4. Lěi 累 typically refers quite literally to the piling up of things into a heap or a heap-like structure, but the word does occasionally have generalised usages referring to accumulation of any kind, abstract or concrete.

                          [CONCRETE!], [LASTING]

                          5. Wěi 委 (ant.* qì 棄 "throw away") refers to small-scale accumulation of concrete objects.

                          [CONCRETE], [SMALL-SCALE]

                        • DISCARD

                          1. The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.

                          2. Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it.

                          3. Fèi 廢 and the rarer tì 替 (all ant. zhì 置 "establish"!!!! See also no. 4 below.) refer to discarding something one has made use of or has been involved with for some time.

                          4. Shì 釋 (ant. liú 留 "keep in employment") and the rarer jiě 解 refer to rejecting the continued use of something.

                          5. Wěi 委 and zhì 置 (ant.* zhí 執 "hold onto" or chí 持 "hold onto") refer to putting things aside. See DISREGARD

                          6. Shě 捨 / 舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

                          7. Què 卻 (ant. shòu 受 "accept for employment") typically refers to a rejection or discarding of something as useless.

                        • GIVE

                          1. The most general word for to give is probably yǔ 與 (ant. qǔ 取 "take away from").

                          2. Wèi 遺 and wěi 委 refer to any act of giving something to someone in permanence and for keeping.

                          3. Cì 賜 can refer to an act of charity or to any giving of anything, typically from a person in authority to inferiors.

                          4. Zèng 贈 refers to formal presents to an inferior from a person in high authority.

                          5. Yí 貽 is an archaic colourless word for giving something away to someone of one's own volition, and the recipient may be of higher status than oneself.

                          6. Zhì 致 is to hand over something or to pass something on to someone.

                          7. Kuì 饋 typicall refers quite specifically to the conferring of a gift of food.

                          8. Fù 賦 refers to giving something as reward or recompensation to somebody, typically to a person of lower status.

                          9. Shòu 授 refers to the physical act of handing something over to a recipient.

                        • APPOINT

                          [FORMAL/INFORMAL]

                          [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                          [IMPOLITE/POLITE]

                          [TECHNICAL-TERM/CURRENT-WORD]

                          1. Bài 拜 (ant. biǎn 貶 "demote to a lower position in the hierarchy at court") refers formally and bureaucratically to a high appointment at court.

                          [POLITE], [SPECIFIED]; [vtt!]

                          2. Shì 仕 (ant. chù 黜 "remove from office") describes a position below the top echelon in pre-Qín times, but came to refer to the highest kinds of appointment in Hàn times.

                          [FORMAL], [GENERAL]

                          3. Huàn 宦 is rarer, refers originally to the position of a menial servant, but became basically synonymous with shì 仕, except that huàn 宦 normally refers to positions held at court.

                          [SPECIFIC], [FORMAL]

                          4. Wéi 為 "make into" is a neutral informal term which does not primarily refer to the formal investment or any transferring of the insignia of office.

                          [GENERAL], [INFORMAL]

                          5. Xiàng 相 is used in a derived sense for an appointment to a specific high position, that of Prime Minister.

                          [FORMAL], [SPECIFIC+]

                          6. Shǔ 署 is a Hàn dynasty technical buraucratic term.

                          [FORMAL], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

                          7. Mìng 命 refers specifically to the conferment of the title which goes with an official appointment.

                          [FORMAL], [CURRENT-WORD]

                          8. 委

                          9. 授

                          Word relations
                        • Contrast: (GIVE)歸/GIVE BACK Guī 歸 focusses on the giving something back being an act of returning something where it really does belong.
                        • Assoc: (ACCUMULATE)聚 / 聚/GATHER The most current general term for the temporary assembling of things is jù 聚 (ant. sàn 散 "spread") which can refer to the gathering together of what does not necessarily belong together and of what is not necessarily of the same kind and what will disperse or be dispersed.
                        • Assoc: (ACCUMULATE)積/ACCUMULATE The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"). [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]