Chinese symbol for “scheme”
谋划
móu huà
Traditional: 謀劃
to scheme; to plot; conspiracy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scheme is 谋划 (móu huà), defined as: to scheme; to plot; conspiracy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scheme”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 图 (圖) | tú | diagram; picture |
| 心路 | xīn lù | scheme; artifice |
| 伎俩 (伎倆) | jì liǎng | trick; scheme; ploy; skill |
| 计谋 (計謀) | jì móu | stratagem; scheme |
| 策划 (策劃) | cè huà | to plot; to scheme |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谋划.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谋杀 (謀殺) | móu shā | to murder; to assassinate |
| 阴谋 (陰謀) | yīn móu | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot |
| 参谋 (參謀) | cān móu | staff officer; to give advice |
| 参谋长 (參謀長) | cān móu zhǎng | chief of staff |
| 谋求 (謀求) | móu qiú | to seek; to strive for |
| 谋杀案 (謀殺案) | móu shā àn | murder case |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scheme”.
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.