策cè
to urge, to whip; method, plan, policy. 12 strokes, radical ⺮, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 策
Strokes 1–6 write ⺮, then strokes 7–12 write 朿.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 策 · the stroke-order rules
What 策 is made of
⺮ (zhú, bamboo) and 朿 (cì, thorn).
⺮ carries the meaning — bamboo — and 朿 carries the sound.
Words that use 策
| 策划 | to plan, scheme out 指周密安排某项工作 科学策划系统扩容升级。They scientifically planned the system's capacity expansion. Lesson 550, 神工妙算 · 笃行实业与经世致远 · Strategic Logistics & Civic Infrastructure |
| 策略 | strategy 指为达成目标制定的方针 农业局在战略层面制定发展策略。The agriculture bureau drew up a development strategy at the strategic level. Lesson 551, 经纬统筹 · 笃行实业与经世致远 · Strategic Logistics & Civic Infrastructure |
| 决策 | policy decision 指经过考虑作出的重大选择 企业作出重要决策，向灾区捐赠了一批急需物资。The company made an important decision about relief. Lesson 606, 义捐同心 · 怀瑾握瑜与笃行求真 · Moral Benevolence & Relentless Truth |
| 政策 | policy 指国家或团体制定的办事准则 新的政策要求整顿市场秩序。The new policy calls for tidying up market order. Lesson 687, 整顿河道 · 风云际会与鼎盛宏猷 · Historical Moments & Prosperous Enterprises |
Characters that share the sound part 朿
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical ⺮
All 20 of them, and what the radical means, on the 竹 radical page.