服 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「月」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「月」
- On
- フクふく · fuku
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- clothes, to obey, a dose
Stroke order
Origin
舟 (boat) + 𠬝 (phonetic, 'submit'). It first meant to make someone obey, then came to mean 'clothes' that fit the body.
Readings and examples
| Onフクふくfuku | 服装ふくそう服従ふくじゅう洋服ようふく |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 洋服ようふく
Western clothes
- 制服せいふく
uniform
- 衣服いふく
- 服従ふくじゅう
- 服装ふくそう
- 征服せいふく
- 克服こくふく
- 喪服もふく
Example
あたらしい 服を 着ます。
I wear new clothes.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)