undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan
企 centers on forming a deliberate intention and starting to act on it: planning, designing, or undertaking a scheme. The idea of an attempt is a natural extension of putting a plan into motion.
企 combines 人 (person) and 止 (foot), suggesting a person standing on tiptoe to look ahead or plan. This image of rising up to see or aim for something underlies the meanings of planning and undertaking.
A person 人 stands on tiptoe over a foot 止, peering forward to plan the next move. 企 is all about scheming and undertaking a design.
For キ, imagine a key planner standing on tiptoe to unlock a new scheme: key -> キ, and the person is undertaking the plan.
enterprise; business; company; corporation
planning; plan; project; arrangements
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice; conspiracy
to plan; to plot; to propose; to design; to intend; to contemplate
plan; project; scheme
private enterprise
Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
Web-Based Enterprise Management; WBEM
owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder
global company; global corporation; multinational company
zombie company; corporate zombie
family-owned company; family business
front company (for an organized crime operation)
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
start-up company; venture business
company that treats its employees well; company supporting a good work-life balance
unicorn (privately held startup company valued at over US$1 billion)
Lion Kikaku Co., Ltd.