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企

企

企 U+4F01, 企
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F01
← 伀
[U+4F00] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伂 →
[U+4F02]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 企

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 企
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Oracle bone script

j18796

j18797

j18798

j18799

j18800

j18801
Large seal script

L20156

L20157

L20158

L20159
Small seal script

s05659

s05660
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 企 企
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 支 (13) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) Chongniu III III
Fanqie 丘弭切 去智切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠiᴇX/ /kʰiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰᵚiɛX/ /kʰiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰiɛX/ /kʰjɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰjiə̆X/ /kʰiə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /kʰjeX/ /kʰieH/
Wang
Li		 /kʰǐeX/ /kʰǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰie̯X/ /kʰie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qǐ qì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 企 企
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qǐ qǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khjieX › ‹ khjieH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰeʔ/ /*kʰeʔ-s/
English stand on tiptoe 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 企 企
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10098 10099
Phonetic
component		 企 企
Rime
group		 支 支
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 跬 企
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰeʔ/ /*kʰes/

Definitions

企

  1. to stand on tiptoe
  2. (Cantonese, Hakka) to stand
  3. to expect anxiously
  4. to plan
  5. Short for 企業／企业 (qǐyè, “enterprise”).

Synonyms

  • (to stand):
Dialectal synonyms of 站 (“to stand”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 立
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 站立
Mandarin Beijing 站
Taiwan 站
Tianjin 站
Jinan 站
Xi'an 站、立
Wuhan 站
Chengdu 站、立
Yangzhou 站
Hefei 站
Cantonese Guangzhou 企
Hong Kong 企
Taishan 企
Yangjiang 企
Gan Nanchang 企、站
Hakka Meixian 企
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 企
Liudui (S. Sixian) 企
Hsinchu (Hailu) 企
Dongshi (Dabu) 企
Zhuolan (Raoping) 企
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 企
Jin Taiyuan 站
Min Bei Jian'ou 徛
Min Dong Fuzhou 徛
Min Nan Quanzhou 徛
Xiamen 徛
Zhangzhou 徛
Taipei 徛
Kaohsiung 徛
Tainan 徛
Taichung 徛
Yilan 徛
Lukang 徛
Sanxia 徛
Kinmen 徛
Magong 徛
Hsinchu 徛
Malaysia 徛
Chaozhou 企
Wu Suzhou 立
Wenzhou 徛
Xiang Changsha 站、企
Shuangfeng 企

Compounds

  • 延企
  • 延頸企踵／延颈企踵
  • 引領企踵／引领企踵
  • 慚鳧企鶴／惭凫企鹤
  • 欣企
  • 私企
  • 翹企／翘企
  • 翹首企足／翘首企足
  • 鶴企／鹤企

Japanese

Kanji

企

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. plan

Readings

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

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

企 (xí)

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