苟

Gou3
#2,880 most
frequent character
surname Gou

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

苟 joins 艹 plants, the meaning part, with 句 jù, the sound part. It first meant a type of plant. 'Indifferent to right and wrong' and 'if' were borrowed for their sound, while 'negligent' and 'careless' grew from the borrowed sense.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

苟gǒu
(literary) if indeed

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