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苟

苟

See also: 茍

Translingual

Han character

苟 (radical 140 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿心口 (TPR), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹句)

  1. careless, frivolous
  2. illicit
  3. (grammatical particle) if, but, if only
  4. A surname​.
  5. a type of grass

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

simp. and trad.
 苟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 苟
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (句) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
勾 *koː
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

Rime
Character 苟 苟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 古厚切 紀力切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kəuX/ /kɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kəuX/ /kɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kəuX/ /kiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kəwX/ /kik̚/
Li
Rong		 /kuX/ /kiək̚/
Wang
Li		 /kəuX/ /kĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kə̯uX/ /ki̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gǒu ji
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 苟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 gǒu
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kuwX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ˤ(r)oʔ/
English if really

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 苟
Reading # 1/1
No. 7069
Phonetic
component		 句
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 苟
Old
Chinese		 /*koːʔ/

Definitions

苟

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Compounds

  • 一字不苟
  • 一絲不苟／一丝不苟 (yīsībùgǒu)
  • 不苟
  • 不苟且
  • 不苟言笑
  • 不苟言談／不苟言谈
  • 偷合苟容
  • 偷生苟活
  • 因循苟且
  • 媮合苟容
  • 方正不苟
  • 狗苟
  • 狗苟蠅營／狗苟蝇营
  • 畏難苟安／畏难苟安
  • 臨財不苟／临财不苟
  • 臨財苟得／临财苟得
  • 臨難苟免／临难苟免 (línnàn gǒumiǎn)
  • 苟且 (gǒuqiě)
  • 苟且偷安
  • 苟且偷生
  • 苟且唐塞
  • 苟且自度
  • 苟免 (gǒumiǎn)
  • 苟全
  • 苟合
  • 苟合取容
  • 苟同 (gǒutóng)
  • 苟存
  • 苟安
  • 苟安一隅
  • 苟容
  • 苟容曲從／苟容曲从
  • 苟延殘喘／苟延残喘
  • 苟延殘息／苟延残息
  • 苟弟轉酷／苟弟转酷
  • 苟得
  • 苟政
  • 苟活
  • 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
  • 行不苟合
  • 行不苟容

References

Japanese

Kanji

苟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

苟 • ‎(gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

苟 (cẩu, cảu, càu, cú)

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