“苟”与“苟”本是两个形、音、义皆不同的字。由于隶定之后,字形相近,而“苟”字又在传世典籍中鲜有用例,故二字混而不别。“”本是“苟”的古文异体,亦被误认为是“苟”的异体,并因此由不同角度讹变出不同的字形。本文力图阐明“苟”、“苟”混而不别及相关异体产生的原因由来。 “Gou” and “Gou” this is the two forms, sound and meaning are different words. Since the fixed, the glyphs are similar, and “Gou” word is rarely used in the handed down classics, so the word mixed with the other. “The” vernacular “variant of the ancient Chinese is also mistakenly identified as a variant of” Gou “and as a result, different glyphs have been corroborated from different angles. This article seeks to clarify the origin of ”Gou“ and ”Gou" without distinction and related foreign bodies.