警策

Readings

Kana: けいさく、きょうさく、こうざく、きょうしゃく

Romaji: keisaku, kyōsaku, kouzaku, kyōshaku

Definitions

noun

1

Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen)

Note: called けいさく in Rinzai Zen, きょうさく in Soto Zen

Note: abbreviation

See also: 警覚策励 座禅

2

horsewhip

Kanji

警

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める

Meanings: admonish, commandment

策

Reading: サク

Meanings: scheme, plan, policy, step, means