服(fú)

HSK 18 strokes
Readingsfúfù

clothes

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Character information

Pinyin
fú / fù
Meaning
clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 服 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰月⿸卩又

A person 卩 putting on 又 a coat 月

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

月yuè卩jié又yòu

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 服 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 服

Common words using 服 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

kè克fú服
HSK 3

(try to) overcome (hardships etc)

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bù不fú服
HSK 7-9

not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to o…

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pèi佩fú服
HSK 7-9

to admire

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zhì制fú服
HSK 7-9

to subdue

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sì伺fú服

servo (small electric motor); computer server

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bù不fú服shuǐ水tǔ土

(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place

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bù不shū舒fú服

unwell

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biàn便fú服

everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes

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