策 Strokes Write it Listen 策 cè to urge, to whip; method, plan, policy HSK 6 12 strokes Radical ⺮ Sound + meaning 7 words Built from⺮meaningzhúbamboo; flute朿soundcìthorn, sting, prickle; to stab; to assassinate How it works⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo), and 朿 cì hints at the sound.