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企

undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 500Strokes6

Readings

On'yomi

  • キ

Kun'yomi

  • くわだ.てる
  • たくら.む

Meaning

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.

Most common words using 企

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  • 企業きぎょう
    N3

    enterprise; business; company; corporation

  • 企画きかく
    N1

    planning; plan; project; arrangements

  • 企むたくらむ
    N1

    to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

  • 企てくわだて

    plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking

  • 企みたくらみ
    N1

    plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice; conspiracy

  • 企てるくわだてる
    N1

    to plan; to plot; to propose; to design; to intend; to contemplate

  • 企図きと

    plan; project; scheme

  • 私企業しきぎょう

    private enterprise

  • 中小企業庁ちゅうしょうきぎょうちょう

    Small and Medium Enterprise Agency

  • 中小企業ちゅうしょうきぎょう

    small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses

  • 大企業だいきぎょう
    N2

    large company; large enterprise; large corporation

  • 経企庁けいきちょう

    Economic Planning Agency (1955-2001)

  • 経済企画庁けいざいきかくちょう

    Economic Planning Agency (1955-2001)

  • 企業家きぎょうか

    industrialist; entrepreneur

  • 企画室きかくしつ

    planning office

  • 大手企業おおてきぎょう

    big corporation; major firm; leading company

  • 日本企業にほんきぎょう

    Japanese company (business, firm)

  • 一流企業いちりゅうきぎょう
    N2

    top-ranking company; first-class company; leading company

  • 外資系企業がいしけいきぎょう
    N1

    foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company

  • 日系企業にっけいきぎょう
    N1

    Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals

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Etymology

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.

Meaning mnemonic

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.

Reading mnemonic

For キ, imagine a key planner standing on tiptoe to unlock a new scheme: key -> キ, and the person is undertaking the plan.