The kanji 委 primarily conveys the idea of "entrusting," "delegating," "leaving to," or "commissioning." It implies giving responsibility or authority to someone else. It can also signify something that is "dependent" or "entrusted" to another person or thing.

・On-yomi (音読み): イ (i) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): まか（せる） (makaseru) – to entrust, to leave to; ゆだ（ねる） (yudaneru) – to entrust, to confide

⚫︎ 委任 (inin) Translation: Delegation; authorization ⚫︎ 委託 (itaku) Translation: Consignment; entrusting ⚫︎ 委員会 (iinkai) Translation: Committee

The kanji 委 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字; けいせいもじ). The semantic component is 女 (woman, female), and the phonetic component is 未 (未). 女 provides the meaning of a woman and something connected to her. 未 provides a sound clue and possibly hints at an association with “not yet complete”. Originally, it was related to the idea of a woman's task, but it developed into the broader sense of "entrusting."