企图
qìtú · HSK 6
attempt
🎯 企 = enterprise + 图 = plan — an enterprise plan is an attempt
企 means to stand on tiptoe or aspire (as in 企业 enterprise), and 图 means map or plan. Together they form a deliberate plan or attempt to achieve something — scheming toward a goal.
图 — enclosure 囗 + 冬 (simplified from 啚)
Originally written 圖, showing an enclosure 囗 around 啚, a depiction of a granary or rural settlement on a map. The whole character meant a map or chart of demarcated territory. Meaning later broadened to picture, diagram, or to plan/scheme.