企

企 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人卜中一 (OYLM), four-corner 8010₁, composition ⿱𠆢止)

• 㖉, 峜

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 422
• Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 116, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4F01

人 (“person”) + 止 (“foot”) – a person standing on tiptoes.

企

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stand on one's tiptoes

   alt. forms: 跂

   • 企者不立，跨者不行。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Qǐ zhě bù lì, kuà zhě bù xíng. [Pinyin]

     One who tiptoes does not stand [firmly]; one who strides does not walk [far].

2. (Cantonese, Hakka) to stand

   企穩／企稳 [Cantonese]  ―  kei⁵ wan² [Jyutping]  ―  to stand still

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to expect anxiously

   企望  ―  qǐwàng  ―  to hope for

4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to plan

   企劃／企划  ―  qǐhuà  ―  to plan; plan

5. (chiefly in compounds) short for 企業／企业 (qǐyè, “enterprise”)

   國企／国企  ―  guóqǐ  ―  state-owned enterprise

   私企  ―  sīqǐ  ―  private enterprise

   政企關係／政企关系  ―  zhèng-qǐ guānxì  ―  relationship between the government and the enterprises

6. a surname
7. (Shanghainese) straight; steep

   搿個山坡老企個，直接看得到地垟搭，當心覅摜下去。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   搿个山坡老企个，直接看得到地垟搭，当心覅掼下去。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁸geq-gheq ¹se-phu ⁶lau ⁵chi ⁰gheq ⁸zeq-ciq ⁵khoe-teq-tau ⁶di-yan-taq ¹taon-shin ⁶viau ⁶gue-gho-chi [Wugniu]

   This slope is very steep, you can see the ground from here, be careful not to fall.

• (to stand):

See 屋企.

企 (Cantonese)

1. used in 屋企 (“home”)

   到企 [Taishanese]  ―  au¹ kei² [Wiktionary]  ―  at home

   冇企 [Taishanese]  ―  mau¹ kei² [Wiktionary]  ―  not at home

• “企”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. plan, undertake, design

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: くわだてる (kuwadateru, 企てる, Jōyō)^{←くはだてる (kufadateru, 企てる, historical)}、たくらむ (takuramu, 企む)

• 企(き)画(かく) (kikaku)
• 企(き)業(ぎょう) (kigyō)

From Middle Chinese 企 (MC khjeX|khjieH).

Wikisource

企 (eumhun 꾀할 기 (kkoehal gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“plan”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

企: Hán Nôm readings: xí

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