苟

苟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿心口 (TPR), four-corner 4462₇, composition ⿱艹句)

This character is not to be confused with 茍, which contains ⻀ instead of 艹.

• 㺃 㻤 𠸚 𫽚 𣕉 𧛩 𨩦 𮏆 𥰄 𦴳
• 敬 (Exception: Only for Mainland China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam character. Taiwan and Hong Kong character contain 茍 instead.)

• 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

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

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.

苟

1. careless; casual; indifferent

   一絲不苟／一丝不苟  ―  yīsībùgǒu  ―  to not be the least bit negligent

2. casually; carelessly

   苟同  ―  gǒutóng  ―  to readily agree

3. tentatively; for the time being

   • 苟全性命於亂世，不求聞達於諸侯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     苟全性命于乱世，不求闻达于诸侯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.

4. (literary) if only; if

   • 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. 4^th 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.

   • 苟利國家生死以，豈因禍福避趨之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     苟利国家生死以，岂因祸福避趋之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1842, Lin Zexu, 《赴戍登程口占示家人》

     Gǒu lì guójiā shēngsǐ yǐ, qǐ yīn huòfú bìqū zhī? [Pinyin]

     Were it to benefit my country I would lay down my life; What then is risk to me?

5. ^† a type of grass
6. a surname

• “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–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. any, at all, in the least

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: いやしくも (iyashikumo, 苟も)

苟 (eumhun 진실로 구 (jinsillo gu))

1. Hanja form^? of 구 (“careless, frivolous”).
2. Hanja form^? of 구 (“illicit”).
3. Hanja form^? of 구 (“if, but, if only”).

苟: Hán Nôm readings: 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).

苟

1. Sawndip form of gyaeuj (“head; headhair”)