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CHINESE CHARACTER

fú

服

服

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dress

Numbered pinyin
fu2
English meanings
clothes, dress, garment, to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc), to obey, to convince, to admire, to acclimatize, to take (medicine), mourning clothes, to wear mourning clothes, dose (measure word for medicine), Taiwan pr. [fu2]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 月; right (Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 卩; inside 又.).

  • Left

    月
  • Right

    ⿸
    Explore parts · Enclosed from the upper left

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰月⿸卩又

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yīfu衣服。

    Clothes.

  2. 02

    fúcóng服从。

    Obey.

  3. 03

    fúwù服务。

    Serve.

  4. 04

    shūfu舒服。

    Comfortable.

  5. 05

    zhìfú制服。

    A uniform.

  6. 06

    fúyòng服用le了。

    Took it.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 不服
  • 不服气
  • 佩服
  • 克服
  • 制服
  • 屈服
  • 征服
  • 服从
  • 服务
  • 服务器
  • 服用
  • 服装
  • 服饰
  • 礼服
  • 羽绒服
  • 舒服
  • 衣服
  • 说服