策

策 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月 (HDB), four-corner 8890₂, composition ⿱𥫗朿)

• 憡, 㩍, 鏼, 𣽤, 𢿸, 𥴹, 𭬂

• 筞 (Variant form)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 883, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26009
• Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2963, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7B56

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰreːɡ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 朿 (OC *sʰeɡs).

策

1. plan; scheme; strategy
2. (literary) to plan; to scheme
3. ^† to calculate; to estimate
4. (historical) bamboo or wooden strips used for writing on in ancient China

   Synonyms: 冊／册 (cè), 簡策／简策, 簡冊／简册 (jiǎncè)

5. (historical) a kind of emperor's edict
6. (historical) a type of essay in ancient China, used in imperial examinations where questions on political or economic affairs were set
7. (historical) a kind of computing tool in ancient China, on which the multiplication table was written for multiplication, division or extracting the square root during the Qing dynasty
8. (historical) spur
9. (literary) to spur; to whip; to urge with a horsewhip
10. ^† to drive; to urge
11. ^† number; value
12. (literary) cane; walking stick
13. ^† to lean on; to rest on support
14. (calligraphy) upward horizontal stroke (the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong)
15. (Mainland China Hokkien) to confer; to consult; to coordinate; to discuss

    策價錢／策价钱 [Hokkien]  ―  chhek kè-chîⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to discuss the price

16. (Chinese astronomy) Gamma Cassiopeiae
17. a surname

• “策”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. scheme; plan; policy; step; means

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: さく (saku, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふだ (fuda, 策)、ふみ (fumi)、むち (muchi, 策)、つえ (tsue, 策)、かずとり (kazutori)、はかりごと (hakarigoto, 策)
• Nanori: かず (kazu)、つか (tsuka)、もり (mori)

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策

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Middle Chinese 策 (t͡ʃʰˠɛk̚)

• (Tokyo) さく (Odaka – )^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) さく (Atamadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

策(さく) • (saku) 

1. plan; policy

   正(しょう)直(じき)は決(けっ)して最(さい)上(じょう)の策(さく)ではない。

   Shōjiki wa kesshite saijō no saku de wa nai.

   Honesty is never the best policy.

2. the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong

• 永(えい)字(じ)八(はっ)法(ぽう) (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)

• 側(そく) (soku, “the first of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 勒(ろく) (roku, “the second of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 努(ど) (do, “the third of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 趯(てき) (teki, “the fourth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 掠(りゃく) (ryaku, “the sixth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 啄(たく) (taku, “the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 磔(たく) (taku, “the eighth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)

• 策(さく)を講(こう)ずる (saku o kōzuru)
• 策(さく)を施(ほどこ)す (saku o hodokosu)

策(さく) • (-saku) 

1. plan, policy

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

策

Wikisource

策 • (chaek) (hangeul 책, revised chaek, McCune–Reischauer ch'aek, Yale chayk)

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策: Hán Nôm readings: sách

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