策 — Chinese character
策
cè
to urge, to whip; method, plan, policy
- Pinyin
- cè
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 朿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 朿
- Japanese
- 策 as a kanji
Common words with 策
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 政策 | zhèng cè | policy; 个 (gè) |
| 策略 | cè lüè | strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit |
| 决策 (決策) | jué cè | strategic decision; decision-making |
| 策划 (策劃) | cè huà | to plot; to scheme |
| 对策 (對策) | duì cè | countermeasure for dealing with a situation |
| 外交政策 | wài jiāo zhèng cè | foreign policy |
| 决策者 (決策者) | jué cè zhě | policymaker |
| 国策 (國策) | guó cè | a national policy |
| 策动 (策動) | cè dòng | to conspire; to plot (a rebellion, crime etc) |
| 束手无策 (束手無策) | shù shǒu wú cè | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis |
| 鞭策 | biān cè | to spur on; to urge on |
| 计策 (計策) | jì cè | stratagem |
English words written with 策
策 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · Art of War 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 27
- Analects 6.13
- Art of War 6.22
- Mencius 7B.3
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 20
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