苟

gǒu

careless, frivolous; illicit; grammatical particle: if, but, if only; surname...

How to write 苟, stroke by stroke

surname Gou; (literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily

Pictophonetic: semantic 艹 (wild grass), phonetic 句

Made of 艹 + 句

苟活gǒu huóto live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself
苟延残喘gǒu yán cán chuǎn(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door
不敢苟同bù gǎn gǒu tóngto beg to differ (idiom)
不苟bù gǒunot lax; not casual; careful; conscientious
苟且gǒu qiěperfunctory; careless; drifting along; resigned to one's fate; improper (relations); illicit (sex)
苟合gǒu héillicit sexual relations
苟同gǒu tóngto agree blindly
苟存gǒu cúnto drift through life
未敢苟同wèi gǎn gǒu tóngcan't agree with
苟取gǒu qǔ(literary) to extort; to take as bribe
一笔不苟yī bǐ bù gǒulit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom); fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
一丝不苟yī sī bù gǒunot one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place