What is the Kanji for "Plan" and "Project"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Plan" and "Project", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Plan" and "Project" is "企".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Kuwada".

Its onyomi reading is "Ki".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "人" means "Person" and can be read as "Jin", "Nin", "Hito", and "Ri". And The kanji "止" means "Stop" and can be read as "Ya", "Shi", and "To".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "企" mean in japanese?

"企" means "Plan" and "Project".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

企業: "Company". The Japanese noun '企業 (きぎょう)' refers to a commercial business organization that produces and/or sells goods or services. It is a general term used to describe any type of corporation, firm, or enterprise. '企業' can be used to talk about companies of all sizes, from small local businesses to large multinational corporations. For example: My father works for a big company - (父は大きな企業に勤めています). The new startup company is growing rapidly - (新しい企業がめざましい成長を遂げています).

企画: "Plan". The Japanese verbal noun '企画 (きかく)' means 'plan'. It refers to the act of formulating or devising an idea, scheme, or proposal. This word is often used in business and creative contexts to describe the process of conceiving and developing new projects, products, or initiatives. For example: We need to create a plan for the new marketing campaign - (新しいマーケティングキャンペーンの企画が必要です). The company is working on a new product enterprise - (企業は新製品の企画に取り組んでいます).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa". And The hiragana "だ" is read as "da".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.