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企

企 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

会意。「人」+「𫝀」（足）、人が爪先立ちするさまを象る。「つまだつ」を意味する漢語｛企｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キJHS
Kun (native)
  • くわだ(てる)JHS
  • たくら(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音qi3
  • 拼音qi4
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtXí

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4F01

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱人止

Words using this kanji

  • 企業きぎょう営利を目的とした経営体。 くわだて。プロジェクト。enterprise, business, company, corporation
  • 企画きかく物事を実現するための計画を立てること。また、その計画。 仕事などにおける個別的な事業プラン。またその実際の事業。planning, plan, project, arrangements
  • 企業家きぎょうか新しい企業を立ち上げ、経営に携わる人。industrialist, entrepreneur
  • 企画室きかくしつplanning office
  • 企図きとあることを企てること。plan, project, scheme
  • 企てるくわだてるto plan, to plot, to propose, to design
  • 企みたくらみplot, scheme, trick, design
  • 企むたくらむto scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent
  • 企てくわだてplan, project, attempt, plot
  • 企及ききゅう肩をこと。匹敵すること。attempt
  • 企望きぼうmaking a plan and anticipating its fruition
  • 企鵝きがpenguin
  • 企画書きかくしょ(written) proposal
  • 企業化きぎょうかcommercialization, commercialisation
  • 企業者きぎょうしゃ企業家の別称。industrialist
  • 企業心きぎょうしんenterprising spirit
  • 企業内きぎょうないcompany-internal
  • 企画課きかくかplanning section
  • 企画性きかくせいability to make plans
  • 企画部きかくぶplanning department

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-4
Four Corner
8010.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a4.17
Heisig
401
Nelson
373