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 ⻀ 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 ) 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 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 / 形声 OC *koːʔ ): semantic 艹 句 ( OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo ) – a kind of grass, in original sense.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 苟 Reading # 1/1 Modern gǒu Middle ‹ kuwX › Old /*[k]ˁ(r)oʔ/ English if really Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 苟 Reading # 1/1 No. 7069 Phonetic 句 Rime 侯 Rime 0 Corresponding 苟 Old /*koːʔ/
苟
careless ;casual ;indifferent 一絲不苟 ／ 一丝不苟 yīsībùgǒu casually ;carelessly 苟 同gǒu tóngtentatively ;for the time being ( 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. simp. From: Mencius c. th centuryBCE 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?( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) grass asurname Dialectal synonyms of
如果 (“if”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 若 假 如 使 令 苟 向 向使 向令 假令 假使 誠 誠使 倘 儻 當使 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 若 如 如果 若果 果若 假如 假若 假使 假設 倘若 倘或 倘然 倘使 若是 若然 設若 設使 設令 設或 設 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 要是 要 Taiwan 要是 要 如果 Malaysia 如果 Singapore 如果 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 要是 Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 要是 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 要是 假比 Wuhan 要是 Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 要是 要 假使 Hefei 要是 倘此 倘倘 Cantonese Guangzhou 如果 若果 若然 假使間 Hong Kong 如果 若果 若然 若然之 假使 假使間 假如 Macau 假如 Taishan 如果 若果 假使 Kaiping(Chikan) 若果 Yangjiang 設若 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 如果 Singapore(Guangfu) 如果 Gan Nanchang 要是 若是 Lichuan 假使 Hakka Meixian 係話 若係 如果 Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 若果 係講 係話 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 係講 若係 假使 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 係講 係準 係準講 準講 準假 係若 若係 假使 假詐 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 係講 若係 假使 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 準講 可比 假使 係講 若係 若係講 準若講 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 係講 若係 假使 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 若係講 假使 若講 係講 若係 Kuching(Hepo) 假使 Jin Taiyuan 要是 Northern Min Jian'ou 來是 如果 Pucheng(Shibei) 來是 如果 Eastern Min Fuzhou 儷是 若還 Southern Min Xiamen 設使 若是 若 若欲是 假若 假若是 欲 欲是 甲若 甲若是 Quanzhou 設使 若是 若 若欲是 假若 假若是 欲 欲是 Zhangzhou 設使 若是 若 假若 假若是 欲 欲是 甲若 甲若是 Tainan 若是 若準 若 假使 設使 Penang(Hokkien) 若是 若準 Singapore(Hokkien) 若是 Manila(Hokkien) 若是 若 假使 Chaozhou 若是 Shantou 如果 Jieyang 若 若是 Singapore(Teochew) 若是 Wenchang 但見 欲 Haikou 麼是 設如 設使 Wu Shanghai 要是 如果 假使 倘然 倘使 是得 Suzhou 要 如果 Wenzhou 若是 若 Xiang Changsha 要是 Shuangfeng 要是 要此
For pronunciation and definitions of 苟 – see茍 circumspect orcautious in one'sbehaviour ”). This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 茍
苟
(Hyōgai kanji )
any ,at all ,in the least 苟 (eumhun 진실로 구 ( jinsillo gu ) )
hanja form? 구 ( “ careless ,frivolous ” ) hanja form? 구 ( “ illicit ” ) hanja form? 구 ( “ if ,but ,if only ” ) 苟 :Hán Nôm cẩu cảu càu cú
苟
Sawndip form ofgyaeuj ( “ head; headhair ” ) 
