企

See also: 正

Translingual

Han character

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

1. plan a project
2. stand on tiptoe

References

• KangXi: page 95, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 422
• Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 116, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4F01

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		企

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei², kei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei², kei⁵
    • Yale: kéi, kéih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei², kei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯³⁵/, /kʰei̯¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (企, reconstructed)
Character (企), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 丘弭切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰiᴇX/	/kʰie̯X/	/kʰieX/	/kʰiɛX/	/kʰiə̆X/	/kʰǐeX/	/kʰjɛX/
Character (企), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 去智切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰiᴇH/	/kʰie̯H/	/kʰieH/	/kʰiɛH/	/kʰiə̆H/	/kʰǐeH/	/kʰjɛH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (企, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
企								qǐ								‹ khjieX ›								/*kʰeʔ/								stand on tiptoe
企								qǐ								‹ khjieH ›								/*kʰeʔ-s/								stand on tiptoe
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
企					10098					企					支					0					跬					/*kʰeʔ/
企					10099					企					支					0					企					/*kʰes/

Compounds

• 企业
• 企鹅

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Japanese

Kanji

企

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: くわだてる (kuwadateru), くわだて (kuwadate)

Compounds

企画

企業

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Korean

Hanja

企 (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

企 (xí)

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