TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 字
策
策 ＝ 竹 ＋ 朿
ㄘㄜˋ · cè
noun — whip; plan, policy
字源 FORM — what the parts do
朿聲cì — gives the sounda tree bristling with thorns
Fcì → cè — the final shifts
Bamboo (竹) over 朿 cì, the thorn-tree; the final shifts to cè. The first sense is the riding whip — bamboo that pricks, 鞭策. The same bamboo, split into writing slips, stands in for 冊; plans set down on the slips become 計策, 對策, 政策.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
竹（竹）鞭一揚，馬就快了。
The bamboo (竹) whip lifts — and the horse quickens.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)馬鞭— the riding whip
→鞭策— to spur on
→簡策（=冊）— writing slips — standing in for 冊
⇒計策、政策— the plan, the policy — set down on slips常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension