企 – undertake, scheme, design

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#278 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 企 means undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くわだ.てる、たくら.む (kuwadateru, takuramu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	くわだ.てる	kuwadateru
Kun’yomi	たくら.む	takuramu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 止・个.

Words using 企

企業きぎょうenterprise企画きかくplanning

Example sentences

アメリカ企業のトップは日本企業のトップに比べ何倍もの報酬をもらっている。

CEO's of American corporations are paid several times their Japanese counterparts.

Tatoeba #230144

私はあなたの企画に参加する。

I take part in your enterprise.

Tatoeba #161698

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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