Chinese Character Wiki
企

qǐ

plan a project, stand on tiptoe

Depicts a person (人) standing on their feet (止).

Components
人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Evolution

企 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
企 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
企 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
企 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
企 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

企  

qǐ

plan a project; stand on tiptoe; to plan a project; to stand on tiptoe; Taiwan pr. [qì]; abbr. for 企業|企业[qǐ​yè]

Most common words with 企
Freq.
Word
Meaning

企业

company

企图

to attempt

企鹅

penguin

企业家

entrepreneur

企

to plan a project

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰeʔ

khjieX

qǐ

stand on tiptoe

*kʰeʔ-s

khjieH

qǐ

stand on tiptoe


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 13.8075% of movies

1745th most common character in movies

450th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+4F01

Shuowen

“企，舉踵也。从人，止聲。，古文企从足。”


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