TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
委員
ㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ · wěiyuán
noun — committee member; commissioner; delegate
字源 FORM — what the parts do
委to entrust, delegate; to bend (委託的委)wěi禾 (grain stalk) + 女 (woman) — the grain head bowing under its own weight; the yielding motion of entrusting something to another's hands
員member; personnel (成員的員)yuán口 (the round slot/position) + 貝 (shell/cowrie — something of value) — a position of standing; the valued slot to be filled
委員，委託的委，成員的員。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
禾（委：禾）低頭托付（女）；員（口一個位置+貝有分量）等著坐進——受託、進了那個位置，叫委員。
The grain stalk (禾 in 委) bowing its head to entrust (女 — the yielding/delegating motion); the valued slot waiting to be filled (員: 口 position + 貝 shell of worth) — one who is entrusted and steps into the position. That is a 委員.
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