苟 — Chinese character
苟
gǒu
careless, frivolous, illicit; but, if only
- Pinyin
- gǒu
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 句
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wild grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 句
- Japanese
- 苟 as a kanji
Common words with 苟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘) | gǒu yán cán chuǎn | (idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door |
| 一丝不苟 (一絲不苟) | yī sī bù gǒu | not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous |
| 苟同 | gǒu tóng | to agree blindly |
| 苟且 | gǒu qiě | perfunctory; careless |
| 苟活 | gǒu huó | to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself |
| 苟且偷生 | gǒu qiě tōu shēng | to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence |
| 不敢苟同 | bù gǎn gǒu tóng | to beg to differ (idiom) |
| 不苟 | bù gǒu | not lax; not casual |
| 苟合 | gǒu hé | illicit sexual relations |
| 苟安 | gǒu ān | see 苟且偷安 (gǒu qiě tōu ān) |
| 苟且偷安 | gǒu qiě tōu ān | seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself; taking things easily without attending to responsibilities |
| 蝇营狗苟 (蠅營狗苟) | yíng yíng gǒu gǒu | (lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom); (fig.) to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means f |
English words written with 苟
苟 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 9 · Mencius 22 · Zhuangzi 17 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Analects 4.4
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 12.18
- Analects 13.8
- Analects 13.10
- Analects 13.13
- Analects 17.15
- Mencius 1A.1
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