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Kanji Detail for 策 - "plan, strategy, policy"

策

  • Meaning

    策 means "plan, strategy, policy."

    1. Plan - A strategy; a scheme.

    2. Policy - A course of action; a method.

    3. Staff - A walking stick; a rod.

    4. Whip - A riding crop; to urge on.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    scheme; plan; policy; step; means

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    scheme, plan; to whip; urge

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to urge, to whip; method, plan, policy

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A tube. Bamboo slips bound together are called 策. Anciently there was no paper or brush. Important matters were written on 策. Minor matters were written on slips. | A strategy document. Old usage called the emperor's commands 策命. Also called 制策. In the imperial examination era, 射策 (answering questions by shooting arrows at covered topics) and 對策 (policy answers). All were answering questions by imperial decree. | A plan. Such as best strategy, middle strategy, worst strategy. Also a type of literary form. Such as Jia Yi's "Strategy for Peace and Security." | A horse whip is called 策. Using a whip on a horse is also called 策. (Analects) "Whipping his horse, he said." Now people forcing themselves to exert effort is called 策勵 (spurring oneself). Also the meaning of whipping. Also, excellent sentences in writing are called 警策 (striking passages). Meaning when the writing flows smoothly. Suddenly there is a brilliant phrase. Making the reader's spirit lift. Like a horse receiving the whip.
  • Onyomitip

    saku(さく) さく

  • Kunyomitip

    fuda(ふだ) ふだ

    hakarigoto(はかりごと) はかりごと

    muchi(むち) むち

    tsue(つえ) つえ

  • Strokestip

    12 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords
    plan strategy scheme policy method measure tactic device ploy staff rod stick whip decree document tablet means approach initiative solution

Sentences including 策

  • The phone call was a trick to get him out of the house.

  • It is advisable for him to go.

  • It's all up with me.

  • I've made up my mind to come up with a better solution.

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