苟安

Chinese

		if indeed; thoughtless	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (苟安)		苟	安
simp. ^#(苟安)		苟	安

Often considered as a short form for 苟且偷安, though not necessarily so historically.

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ(r)oʔ [ʔ]ˤa[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*koːʔ qaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	苟	安	安	安
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǒu	ān	ān	ān
Middle Chinese	‹ kuw^X ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›	‹ 'an ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁ(r)oʔ/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/
English	if really	peace(ful)	how	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

苟安

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