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策

Traditional: 筞 · 筴

cè

cè · caak3 (Jyutping)

  1. policy
  2. plan
  3. scheme
  4. bamboo slip for writing (old)
  5. to whip (a horse)
  6. to encourage
  7. riding crop with sharp spines (old)
  8. essay written for the imperial examinations (old)
  9. upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
  10. variant of 策[ce4]
  11. surname Ce

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

策

Meaning
scheme, plan; to whip; urge
Radical
⺮
Strokes
12
Components
⿱⺮朿
Cangjie
HDB
Four-corner
8890.2

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