策
さく · saku · JLPT N3 · noun
plan
🎋📜 策 = bamboo 竹 + thorn 朿: bamboo slips once held written plans
The top 竹 is bamboo; the lower part 朿 means thorn and gives the sound. 策 first meant a bamboo riding whip, and also the bamboo slips that policies were written on. Hook: saku sounds like sack, a sack full of plans.