苟 — 8 strokes / Radical「艹」
道1University / general (hardest) / 8 strokes / Radical「艹」
- On
- コウ・クこう・く · kō · ku
- Kun
- いやしく.もiyashiku.mo
- Meaning
- makeshift; if at all
Stroke order
Origin
Grass 艹 with 句 as phonetic: makeshift, done anyhow; also “if at all”.
Compounds
- 苟且こうしょ
makeshift; temporary
- 苟もいやしくも
if at all
Example
苟も学ぶ者は怠るべからず。
Whoever calls themselves a student must not be idle.
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