企

tiptoe

企 is composed of the variant of 人(man) and 止(stop, until), which depicts a man standing tiptoe, when your heels lifted, you can stand upright. When someone is standing tiptoe and straight, he is taller than normal, so 企 also has the meaning of attaining something.

Vocabulary of 企

  • 企圖 (attempt)
  • 企業 (enterprise)
  • 企劃 (plan)

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