committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
委 centers on handing something over to another: entrusting a task, leaving a matter to someone, or devoting effort. The committee sense is a natural extension where responsibility is collectively entrusted. The discard sense fits as leaving something behind or giving it up.
委 combines 禾 (grain) and 女 (woman). The traditional explanation is that a woman bending over grain suggests yielding or entrusting, which led to the meanings of entrusting and leaving to others.
A woman 女 bending over grain 禾 is entrusting the harvest to others, leaving the work to the committee.
For イ, imagine the committee members all saying 'Eee!' in surprise when they are entrusted with the grain: 'Eee!' -> イ.
committee member
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to
committee; commission; board; panel
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
Board of Education
commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
transfer (of authority, power, etc.); delegation; devolution
Japan Fair Trade Commission (abbr)
Internet Engineering Task Force; IETF
Internet Research Task Force; IRTF
Japan Casino Regulatory Commission
Unicode Technical Committee; UTC
Central Labor Relations Committee
Central Labor Relations Commission
central committee
reserve member
Budget Committee (of the Diet)
Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet)
Foreign Policy Commission; Foreign Relations Committee