Chinese symbol for “plot”
策划
cè huà
Traditional: 策劃
to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plot is 策划 (cè huà), defined as: to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “plot”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盘算 (盤算) | pán suàn | to plot; to scheme |
| 阴谋 (陰謀) | yīn móu | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot |
| 计算 (計算) | jì suàn | to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over |
| 绘图 (繪圖) | huì tú | to chart; to sketch; to draft; to plot |
| 标绘 (標繪) | biāo huì | to plot (on a chart); to mark |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 策划.
| 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 |
| 对策 (對策) | duì cè | countermeasure for dealing with a situation |
| 外交政策 | wài jiāo zhèng cè | foreign policy |
| 计划 (計劃) | jì huà | plan; project |
| 规划 (規劃) | guī huà | to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program |
| 划分 (劃分) | huà fēn | to divide up; to partition |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plot”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.