服 – clothing, admit, obey

8 strokesTaught in grade 3#873 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 服 means clothing, admit, obey, discharge. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フク (fuku). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 月 (no. 74).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フク	fuku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 月 (Kangxi radical 74). Components: 月・又・卩.

Words using 服

服ふくclothes (esp. Western clothes)洋服ようふくWestern-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)衣服いふくclothes克服こくふくconquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.)服装ふくそうattire和服わふくJapanese clothes軍服ぐんぷくmilitary uniform制服せいふくuniform征服せいふくconquest不服ふふくdissatisfaction

Example sentences

彼は濡れた服を火にあぶってかわかした。

He dried his wet clothes by the fire.

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お前に新しい洋服を作ってあげよう。

I will make a new suit for you.

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彼らは衣服をほとんど着用しない。

They wear very little clothing.

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Kanji with the same radical

月期朝有望朗

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