Kanji 服

音読おんよみ: フク

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: にくづき（⺼）

Meaning

Clothes / Dress / Obey

  • 服装ふくそう — outfit / attire
  • 和服わふく — traditional Japanese clothing
  • 洋服ようふく — Western-style clothing
  • 制服せいふく — uniform
  • 服従ふくじゅう — obedience
  • 服飾ふくしょく — clothing / fashion
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  • 衣服いふく — clothes / garments
  • 服用ふくよう — taking medicine
  • 内服ないふく — internal medicine (oral)
  • 服役ふくえき — serving a prison sentence

服 originally combines a modified form of 月 (flesh) and 卩, representing a person kneeling or submitting. It reflects both “wearing” clothing and “submitting” or “obeying,” as in the idea of fitting oneself into something.

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