also: さくりゃく
Archaic term for a plan, tactic, or strategy. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical or classical texts.
In old war tales, the word 作略 sometimes appears meaning a tactic or strategy.
Modern word for scheme or stratagem; shares the reading さくりゃく but is written 策略 and is in common use.
Archaic kanji form; the reading さくりゃく is restricted to this spelling. Rarely encountered in modern texts.
Alternate archaic kanji form with reading さりゃく. Even less common than 作略.
A Sino-Japanese compound of 作, “make or devise,” and 略, “plan or strategy,” denoting a devised plan or tactic.