Japanese symbol for “artifice”
策略
さくりゃく
Romaji: sakuryaku
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse
In Japanese, artifice is 策略, read さくりゃく (sakuryaku).
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Meanings
- n stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “artifice”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 謀略 | ぼうりゃく bouryaku | scheme; plot; artifice |
| 細工 | さいく saiku | artifice; trick; device |
| 巧み | たくみ takumi | plot; scheme; artifice |
| 策謀 | さくぼう sakubou | strategy; artifice |
| 企み | たくらみ takurami | plot; scheme; trick |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 対策 | たいさく taisaku | measure; step; countermeasure |
| 政策 | せいさく seisaku | political measures; policy |
| 策定 | さくてい sakutei | formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on |
| 施策 | しさく shisaku | policy; measure |
| 方策 | ほうさく housaku | plan; measure; means |
| 侵略 | しんりゃく shinryaku | invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression |
| 戦略 | せんりゃく senryaku | strategy; tactics |
| 攻略 | こうりゃく kouryaku | capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest |
See also: Chinese symbol for “artifice”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.