服

服 U+670D, 服 ← 朌[U+670C] CJK Unified Ideographs 朎 →[U+670E] Stroke order

服 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+4, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 月尸中水 (BSLE), four-corner 77247, composition ⿰月𠬝 or ⿰⿵⺆⺀𠬝)

• 棴, 𲋻, 𩸤, 𬶚, 鵩, 𫛳, 𣔚, 𧌘, 𪂖, 菔, 𦋉, 箙, 𧟱, 𧟵, 𨵟

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14345
• Dae Jaweon: page 883, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2053, character 7
• Unihan data for U+670D

simp. and trad. 服 alternative forms

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯɡ): semantic 凡 (“tray”) + phonetic 𠬝 (*[b]ək, “to subdue”) – to serve. 𠬝 is the original pictogram for this character; 凡 was added later.

凡 here has been corrupted into 舟 and subsequently 月.

服

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) clothes; garment; dress 衣服 ― yīfú ― clothes 校服 ― xiàofú ― school uniform
2. mourning dress; mourning apparel
3. to wear; to put on (clothes)
4. to take; to eat 服藥／服药 ― fúyào ― to take medicine 服用 ― fúyòng ― to take medicine 服毒 ― fúdú ― to take poison 每日服三次。 ― Měirì fú sān cì. ― Take it three times a day.
5. to serve; to be engaged in 客服 ― kèfú ― customer service 服兵役 ― fú bīngyì ― to serve in the army 服刑 ― fúxíng ― to serve a sentence
6. to submit; to agree; to accept; to obey; to be convinced 不服 ― bùfú ― to refuse to accept
7. Used to express defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments 服了你了。 ― Fú le nǐ le. ― You win. 我真係服咗你。 [Cantonese, trad.]我真系服咗你。 [Cantonese, simp.]ngo5 zan1 hai6 fuk6 zo2 nei5. [Jyutping]Come on, I surrender.
8. to convince; to persuade
9. to be accustomed to
10. (gaming) short for 伺服器 (sìfúqì); server
11. (historical) inner pair of horses among the four that pull an imperial carriage
12. Classifier for doses for TCM regimens.
13. a surname, Fu

• (to obey):

• “服”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-

Shinjitai 服 Kyūjitai[1] 服󠄁服+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) 服󠄃服+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. clothing
2. an amount equal to one swallow (act of swallowing), a gulp
3. obey

From Middle Chinese 服 (MC bjuwk); compare Mandarin 服 (fú, fù):

• Go-on: ぶく (buku)
• Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 服 (fù):

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ふう (fū)
• Kan’yō-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: まつらう (matsurau, 服う)、まつろう (matsurou, 服う)←まつろふ (maturofu, 服ふ, historical)
• Nanori: こと (koto)、はつ (hatsu)、はとり (hatori)、はら (hara)、もと (moto)、ゆき (yuki)、よ (yo)

Kanji in this term 服 ふくGrade: 3 on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 服 (MC bjuwk).

• (Tokyo) ふく [fùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3]
• IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟]

服(ふく) • (-fuku)

1. an amount equal to one swallow:
   1. doses of medicine
   2. gulps of tea
   3. puffs of tobacco

服(ふく) • (fuku)

1. clothes Synonym: 衣類 (irui)

服(ふく) • (-fuku)

1. clothes

服 (eumhun 옷 복 (ot bok))

1. hanja form? of 복 (“clothes, clothing”)

• 한복 (韓服, hanbok, “hanbok”)
• 제복 (制服, jebok, “uniform”)
• 양복 (洋服, yangbok, “suit”)
• 수영복 (水泳服, suyeongbok, “swimsuit”)
• 운동복 (運動服, undongbok, “sportswear”)

服: Hán Nôm readings: phục[1]

1. (only in compounds) clothing, clothes
2. to submit, to serve, to obey
3. to admire, to esteem