苟
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See also: 茍
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Translingual
Han character
苟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿心口 (TPR), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹句)
Usage notes
This character is not to be confused with 茍, which contains ⻀ instead of 艹.
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1023, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30790
- Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3194, character 12
- Unihan data for U+82DF
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 苟 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 勾 | *koː, *koːs |
| 鉤 | *koː |
| 鴝 | *koː, *ɡo |
| 句 | *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo |
| 夠 | *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː |
| 枸 | *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ |
| 軥 | *koː, *koːs, *ɡo |
| 狗 | *koːʔ |
| 苟 | *koːʔ |
| 岣 | *koːʔ, *ko |
| 笱 | *koːʔ |
| 玽 | *koːʔ |
| 耇 | *koːʔ |
| 豿 | *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ |
| 敂 | *koːʔ |
| 怐 | *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos |
| 雊 | *koːs |
| 竘 | *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ |
| 齁 | *qʰoː |
| 呴 | *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos |
| 蚼 | *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo |
| 豞 | *qʰoːs |
| 訽 | *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs |
| 佝 | *qʰoːs |
| 拘 | *ko |
| 駒 | *ko |
| 眗 | *ko |
| 跔 | *ko |
| 鮈 | *ko |
| 痀 | *ko |
| 蒟 | *koʔ, *kos |
| 絇 | *kos, *ɡo |
| 邭 | *kos |
| 劬 | *ɡo |
| 朐 | *ɡo |
| 鼩 | *ɡo |
| 斪 | *ɡo |
| 翑 | *ɡo |
| 葋 | *ɡo |
| 姁 | *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 欨 | *qʰo, *qʰoʔ |
| 喣 | *qʰoʔ |
| 煦 | *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 昫 | *qʰos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːʔ): semantic 艹 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo) – a kind of grass, in original sense.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): gě
- Eastern Min (BUC): gēu
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu
- Wade–Giles: kou3
- Yale: gǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou
- Palladius: гоу (gou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: gou4 / gou3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gou / gou
- Sinological IPA (key): /kəu²¹³/, /kəu⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gau2
- Yale: gáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2
- Guangdong Romanization: geo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: geu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /keu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiéu
- Hakka Romanization System: gieuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gieu3
- Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gě
- Sinological IPA (key): /ke²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gēu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɛu³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kió
- Tâi-lô: kió
- Phofsit Daibuun: kioir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
- Tâi-lô: kóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: kor
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gou2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kou⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Middle Chinese: kuwX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ(r)oʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*koːʔ/
Definitions
苟
- careless; casual; indifferent
- casually; carelessly
- 苟同 ― gǒutóng ― to readily agree
- tentatively; for the time being
- 苟全性命於亂世，不求聞達於諸侯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 出師表
- Gǒuquán xìngmìng yú luànshì, bù qiú wèndá yú zhūhóu. [Pinyin]
- For the time being, I did what I could to survive the chaotic times, and never wished to become eminent among the nobles.
苟全性命于乱世，不求闻达于诸侯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) if only; if; as long as
- 苟能充之，足以保四海；苟不充之，不足以事父母。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Gǒu néng chōng zhī, zúyǐ bǎo sìhǎi; gǒu bù chōng zhī, bù zúyǐ shì fùmǔ. [Pinyin]
- If the four principles can be developed, men will be capable of living and protecting all within the four seas; if the four principles are not developed, men will not be capable of serving their parents.
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a type of grass
- a surname
Synonyms
Compounds
- 一字不苟
- 一絲不苟 / 一丝不苟 (yīsībùgǒu)
- 不苟 (bùgǒu)
- 不苟且
- 不苟言笑 (bùgǒuyánxiào)
- 不苟言談 / 不苟言谈
- 偷合苟容
- 偷生苟活
- 因循苟且 (yīnxúngǒuqiě)
- 媮合苟容 / 偷合苟容
- 方正不苟
- 狗苟
- 狗苟蠅營 / 狗苟蝇营
- 畏難苟安 / 畏难苟安 (wèinángǒu'ān)
- 臨財不苟 / 临财不苟
- 臨財苟得 / 临财苟得
- 臨難苟免 / 临难苟免 (línnàngǒumiǎn)
- 苟且 (gǒuqiě)
- 苟且偷安
- 苟且偷生 (gǒuqiětōushēng)
- 苟且唐塞
- 苟且自度
- 苟免 (gǒumiǎn)
- 苟全 (gǒuquán)
- 苟同 (gǒutóng)
- 苟合 (gǒuhé)
- 苟合取容
- 苟存
- 苟安 (gǒu'ān)
- 苟安一隅
- 苟容
- 苟容曲從 / 苟容曲从
- 苟延殘喘 / 苟延残喘 (gǒuyáncánchuǎn)
- 苟延殘息 / 苟延残息
- 苟弟轉酷 / 苟弟转酷
- 苟得
- 苟政
- 苟活 (gǒuhuó)
- 苟為 / 苟为
- 苟然
- 苟營 / 苟营
- 苟生
- 苟留殘喘 / 苟留残喘
- 苟祿 / 苟禄
- 苟簡 / 苟简
- 苟言
- 苟非
- 蠅營狗苟 / 蝇营狗苟 (yíngyínggǒugǒu)
- 行不苟合 (xíngbùgǒuhé)
- 行不苟容
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 苟 – see 茍 (“to be circumspect or cautious in one's behaviour ”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 茍). |
References
- “苟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
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