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策

cè

scheme, plan

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 朿 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹. Writing used to be done on bamboo strips.

朿 sound component

朿  Sound component

cì

  

thorn, stab

Evolution

策 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
策 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
策 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
策 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

策  

cè

scheme, plan; to whip; urge; policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy

策  

Cè

surname Ce

策 (筞) 

cè

variant of 策[cè]

Most common words with 策
Freq.
Word
Meaning

政策

policy

策略

strategy

策划

to plot

决策

strategic decision

对策

countermeasure for dealing with a situation

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ](ˤ)rek

tsrheak

cè

tablet, record


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 23.5624% of movies

1397th most common character in movies

714th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+7B56

Shuowen

“策，馬箠也。从竹，朿聲。”


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