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Kanji Detail for 策 - "plan, policy"

策

  • Meaning

    策 means "plan, policy." Also associated with staff.

    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.

  • Words using 策

    • 対策 たいさく Listen measure; step; countermeasure
    • 政策 せいさく Listen political measures; policy
    • 策定 さくてい Listen formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on
    • 施策 しさく Listen policy; measure
    • 方策 ほうさく Listen plan; measure; means
    • 得策 とくさく Listen good policy; wise policy; best plan
    • 苦肉の策 くにくのさく Listen last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
    • 国策 こくさく Listen national policy

  • Four-character idioms with 策

    • 奇策縦横 きさくじゅうおう Listen ingenious scheme
    • 権謀術策 けんぼうじゅっさく Listen trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others
    • 無為無策 むいむさく Listen do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.)
    • 無策無為 むさくむい Listen do-nothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation

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    • Verified meaning: plan, policy
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さく, しんさく, つかね, はかる)
    • Also carries these associations: staff

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 策

    Given names 策(しんさく)Listen 策(つかね)Listen 策(はかる)Listen

    Surnames 策(さく)Listen

  • 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

    surname Ce

    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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    saku(サク) サク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    plan policy staff cane whip scheme approach blueprint design formula framework initiative method program proposal rod stick tactic

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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