策 Kanji – scheme
The Japanese kanji 策 can mean scheme, plan, policy, step, means.
Meaning and Readings
How is 策 read?
策 has the onyomi reading サク.
In romaji, these readings can be written as saku.
Common Japanese Words Using 策
These common Japanese words contain 策. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 解決策（かいけつさく） — solution, solution strategy
- 苦肉の策（くにくのさく） — last resort, desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
- 国策（こくさく） — national policy
- 策（さく） — plan, policy, means, measure, stratagem, scheme
- 策定（さくてい） — formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.), decision, settling on
- 策略（さくりゃく） — stratagem, artifice, trick, ruse, scheme, tactics
- 散策（さんさく） — walking, strolling, roaming, wandering, exploring
- 施策（しさく） — policy, measure
- 政策（せいさく） — political measures, policy
- 対策（たいさく） — measure, step, countermeasure, counterplan, countermove, strategy, preparation (e.g. for a test)