企 Kanji – undertake
The Japanese kanji 企 can mean undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan.
Meaning and Readings
How is 企 read?
企 has the onyomi reading キ and the kunyomi readings くわだてる, たくらむ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ki, kuwadateru, takuramu.
Common Japanese Words Using 企
These common Japanese words contain 企. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 企てる（くわだてる） — to plan, to plot, to propose, to design, to intend, to contemplate
- 企み（たくらみ） — plot, scheme, trick, design, intrigue, artifice, conspiracy
- 企む（たくらむ） — to scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent, to conspire, to frame up
- 企画（きかく） — planning, plan, project, arrangements
- 企業（きぎょう） — enterprise, business, company, corporation
- 企業家（きぎょうか） — industrialist, entrepreneur
- 企図（きと） — plan, project, scheme
- 経企庁（けいきちょう） — Economic Planning Agency (defunct as of 2001)
- 経済企画庁（けいざいきかくちょう） — Economic Planning Agency (defunct as of 2001)
- 大企業（だいきぎょう） — large company, large enterprise, large corporation