苟
See also: 茍
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Translingual
Han character
苟 (radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿心口 (TPR), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹句)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 1023, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30790
- Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3194, character 12
- Unihan data for U+82DF
Chinese
trad. | 苟 | |
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simp. # | 苟 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 苟 | ||
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (句) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
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, OC *koːʔ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo) – a kind of grass, in original sense.
Pronunciation
Definitions
苟
- careless, frivolous
- illicit
- temporizing; unprincipled
- if, but, if only
- 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, circa 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 lving and protecting all within the four seas; if the four principles are not developed, men will not be capable of serving their parents.
- a type of grass
- any; at all
- at least
- tentatively; for the time being
- A surname.
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 苟 – see 茍 (“to be circumspect or cautious in one's behaviour ”). (This character, 苟, 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
Korean
Vietnamese
Han character
苟 (cẩu)
1. (Tính) Cẩu thả, ẩu, bừa. ◎Như: "nhất bút bất cẩu" 一筆不苟 một nét không cẩu thả.
2. (Phó) Tạm, tạm bợ. ◎Như: "cẩu an đán tịch" 苟安旦夕 tạm yên sớm tối, "cẩu toàn tính mệnh" 苟全性命 tạm cầu cho còn tính mạng, "cẩu hợp" 苟合 lấy vợ lấy chồng không có đủ lễ chính đáng (không tính chuyện lâu dài).
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