く
苦
にく
肉
　
の
さく
策

expression, noun

  1. last resort, desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
く
苦
にく
肉
　
の
さく
策
 苦肉の策 くにくのさく ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

suffering, trial, worry
ク　くる.しい　にが.い (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
meat
ニク　しし (2nd, N4)
inside, within, between
ナイ　うち　ダイ (2nd, N3)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (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)