Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

服: clothing, admit

Also: obey, discharge

JLPT N48 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 𠬝 gives the sound

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

フクfuku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 服ふくclothes
  • 洋服ようふくWestern-style clothes
  • 和服わふくJapanese clothes
  • 制服せいふくuniform
  • 服装ふくそうclothes
  • 服従するふくじゅうするobey
  • 服役するふくえきするserve time in prison
  • 克服するこくふくするconquer
  • 不服なふふくなdissatisfied
  • 内服薬ないふくやくmedicine taken internally

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The silver glow of the moon! Imagine the quiet beauty of a full moon rising over a dark horizon, marking the passage of time.”
More in the 月 moon story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

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Also read フク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
服 clothing · 𠬝
vs肢 limb · 支
服 has 𠬝 where 肢 has 支.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fú

Same form: 服 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
服 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
服 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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