undertake, scheme, design, attempt
Also: plan
On'yomi (音読み)
- キ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- くわだ.てる
- たくら.む
About this kanji
The kanji 企 has meanings related to undertaking, planning, and schemes. It is primarily used as a noun but can also appear in verb forms. Common compounds include 企画 (きかく), which means 'planning,' and 企業 (きぎょう), translating to 'enterprise' or 'business.' There's also 大企業 (だいきぎょう), meaning 'large company,' and 中小企業 (ちゅうしょうきぎょう) for 'small and medium-sized enterprises.' A helpful usage note is that while 企 is often associated with business and design concepts, it can also express the idea of strategizing in various contexts.
Example sentences
新しい企画が成功した。
The new project was successful.
Meanings across languages
- English
- undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan
- Tiếng Việt
- đảm nhận, kế hoạch, thiết kế, cố gắng, dự định
- 日本語
- 企てる, 計画, デザイン, 試みる, プラン
- 한국어
- 계획하다, 작업하다, 설계하다, 시도하다, 계획
- 中文
- 承接, 计划, 设计, 尝试, 规划
- id
- melakukan, rencana
- th
- ดำเนินการ, แผน
- es
- empresa, plan
- fr
- entreprendre, projet
- de
- unternehmen, vorhaben
- pt
- realizar, plano
Common compounds
- 企画きかくplanning, plan, project
- 企業きぎょうenterprise, business, company
- 経企庁けいきちょうEconomic Planning Agency (1955-2001)
- 大企業だいきぎょうlarge company, large enterprise, large corporation
- 中小企業ちゅうしょうきぎょうsmall and medium-sized enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses
- 経済企画庁けいざいきかくちょうEconomic Planning Agency (1955-2001)
- 企みたくらみplot, scheme, trick
- 企むたくらむto scheme, to plan, to play a trick
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