noun

  1. poor policy, poor plan, unwise measure.
  2. (one's own) plan. Humble language.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
拙策 せっさく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bungling, clumsy, unskillful
セツ つたな.い (9th, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
exit, leave, go out
で.る だ.す シュツ (1st, N5)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
scheme, plan, policy
サク (6th, N1)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
thorn
シ とげ (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)