策 (caak3 | ce4) : urge; impel; plan; scheme

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策

caak3

ce4

[1] [v] urge; impel; spur on
[2] [v,n] plan; scheme; strategy
[3] [v] whip a horse to urge it on
[4] [n] bamboo slips used as chips or for writing on
[5] [n] [literary] crutches

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 竹 (#118)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

策

This word has been viewed 6756 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Dec 2010 14:29

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鞭策 bin1 caak3 bian1 ce4 = to urge on; to spur on 國

政策 zing3 caak3 zheng4 ce4 = policy; strategy

決策 kyut3 caak3 jue2 ce4 = to make a strategic decision

策略 caak3 loek6 ce4 lve4 = plot; tactics

策劃 caak3 waak6 ce4 hua4 = to plot; to scheme; to engineer; to bring about

對策 deoi3 caak3 dui4 ce4 = a move to deal with a situation; countermeasure

一個中國政策 jat1 go3 zung1 gwok3 zing3 caak3 yi1 ge4 zhong1 guo2 zheng4 ce4 = one China policy

保護政策 bou2 wu6 zing3 caak3 bao3 hu4 zheng4 ce4 = protectionism

對外政策 deoi3 ngoi6 zing3 caak3 dui4 wai4 zheng4 ce4 = foreign policy

策劃陰謀 caak3 waak6 jam1 mau4 ce4 hua4 yin1 mou2 = [v] cabal
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 策
Unicode code for this character: U+7b56 (off-site link)

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