服
服 — Clothing
clothing, admit, obey, discharge
On’yomiフク (fuku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 服
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 服 | ふく fuku | clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress |
| 制服 | せいふく seifuku | uniform |
| 服装 | ふくそう fukusou | attire; dress; clothes |
| 不服 | ふふく fufuku | dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval |
| 洋服 | ようふく youfuku | Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes) |
| 克服 | こくふく kokufuku | conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting |
Study notes
服 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #873 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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