策

surname Ce

policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy

variant of 策[ce4]

variant of 策[ce4]

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

stab

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

strategic decision / decision-making / policy decision / to determine policy

to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)

policymaker

the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances

The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses

two-pronged strategy

decision tree

Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒

one-China policy

Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave