Japanese symbol for “maneuvers”
策動
さくどう
Romaji: sakudou
maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming
In Japanese, maneuvers is 策動, read さくどう (sakudou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “maneuvers”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 演習 | えんしゅう enshuu | military exercise; manoeuvres; maneuvers |
| 機動演習 | きどうえんしゅう kidouenshuu | maneuvers; manoeuvres |
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 |
| 策略 | さくりゃく sakuryaku | stratagem; artifice; trick |
| 方策 | ほうさく housaku | plan; measure; means |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
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