Chinese Character 服 Meanings and components.

Form

服

Meaning

服 meaning[3] in English

Clothes.

Dress.

Garment.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 服 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and (𠬝)

Its radical[1] is: 月 (yue4) which means: Moon, Month, Monthly, Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2], .月yue4moon

In cangjie it is written with BSLE

How to write 服

To write服fu2clothes you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 𠬝fu2 arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 𠬝 = 服

服 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 服 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 服, looks as follow:

服
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: 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
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
𠬝
Pinyin:fu2 Shape:+
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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