JLPT N1 · 12 strokes
Kanji 策: "scheme, plan, policy"
The kanji 策 means "scheme, plan, policy, step, means". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read サク in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | scheme, plan, policy, step, means |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 209 of 2,501 |
Common words with 策
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 対策measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan
- 策plan; policy; means; measure · fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
- 政策political measures; policy
- 散策walking; strolling; roaming; wandering
- 策略stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse
- 得策good policy; wise policy; best plan
- 解決策solution; solution strategy
- 画策scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring
- 方策plan; measure; means; scheme
- 秘策secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
- 打開策plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
- 策士tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
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