Hanja Analyzer
策

策 — chaek

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
꾀 책
Romanization
chaek
English
scheme, plan; to whip; urge
Mandarin
cè
Japanese on'yomi
サク, シャク
Japanese kun'yomi
かずとり つえ はかりごと ふだ むち むちうつ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#209 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
笧
Radical
竹 (118, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+7B56

Parts that make up 策

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 朿 가시가 돋은 나무‘자·척’ 계열의 소리

How 策 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 策 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 朿.

Korean example words with 策

  • 간책奸策 Korean gloss: 간사한 계책
  • 실책失策 Korean gloss: 잘못된 계책
  • 현책賢策 Korean gloss: 현명한 계책
  • 일책一策 Korean gloss: 한 가지 계책
  • 국책國策 Korean gloss: 나라의 정책이나 시책
  • 헌책獻策 Korean gloss: 일에 대한 방책을 드림
  • 궤책詭策 Korean gloss: 간사하게 남을 속이는 꾀
  • 상책上策 Korean gloss: 가장 좋은 대책이나 방책
  • 하책下策 Korean gloss: 가장 나쁜 대책이나 방책
  • 묘책妙策 Korean gloss: 매우 약삭빠르며 뛰어난 꾀
  • 양책良策 Korean gloss: 좋은 계책이나 뛰어난 책략
  • 중책中策 Korean gloss: 중간 정도의 대책이나 방책

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 策

  • 政策せいさく political measures; policy
  • 対策たいさく measure; step; countermeasure
  • 策定さくてい formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on
  • 施策しさく policy; measure
  • 方策ほうさく plan; measure; means
  • 失策しっさく blunder; slip; error
  • 策さく plan; policy; means
  • 得策とくさく good policy; wise policy; best plan
  • 苦肉の策くにくのさく last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
  • 国策こくさく national policy
  • 無策むさく lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
  • 散策さんさく walking; strolling; roaming

Other hanja read “책”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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