苟
苟 — gu
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 진실로/구차할 구
- Romanization
- gu
- English
- careless, frivolous; illicit; grammatical particle: if, but, if only; surname; grass name
- Mandarin
- gǒu
- Japanese on'yomi
- コウ, ク
- Japanese kun'yomi
- いやしく.も
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 (140, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 句(구)
- Unicode
- U+82DF
Parts that make up 苟
How 苟 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 苟 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 句.
Korean example words with 苟
- 구안苟安 Korean gloss: 일시적인 안락을 꾀함
- 구간하다苟艱 Korean gloss: 몹시 구차하고 가난하다
- 구차스럽다苟且 Korean gloss: 말이나 행동이 떳떳하지 못하거나 버젓하지 못한 데가 있다
- 구명苟命 Korean gloss: 구차한 목숨.
- 구언苟言 Korean gloss: 구차스러운 말.
- 구존苟存 Korean gloss: 구차하게 오래 삶.
- 구활苟活 Korean gloss: 구차하게 오래 삶.
- 구전성명苟全性命 Korean gloss: 구차하게 목숨을 보전함
- 구합苟合 Korean gloss: 누구에게나 함부로 영합함.
- 구용苟容 Korean gloss: 비굴하게 남의 비위를 맞춤.
- 구충苟充 Korean gloss: 어떤 수효 따위를 겨우 채움.
- 구종苟從 Korean gloss: 분별없이 맹목적으로 좇아 따름.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 苟
- 苟もいやしくも any; at all; in the least
- 苟安こうあん snatching a moment of rest; seeking temporary ease
- 苟且こうしょ stopgap; makeshift; temporary
Characters sharing the phonetic 句
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “구” in Korean.
Other hanja read “구”
Other hanja with radical 艸
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences