懂中文 Dong Chinese

服

fú, fù

clothes

Original meaning: 

submit, serve

Combination of 凡 (plate) and subdue (𠬝). Based on the original meaning "serve" or "submit". 凡 alludes to serving a plate.

Components
凡 meaning component

凡  Meaning component

fán

  

all

Depicts a plate.

𠬝 sound,meaning component

𠬝  Sound Meaning component

fú

  

subdue

Depicts a kneeling person being subdued.

Evolution

服 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
服 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
服 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
服 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
服 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

服  

fú

clothes; wear, dress; 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

服  

fù

classifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. [fú]

Most common words with 服
Freq.
Word
Meaning

服务

to serve

衣服

clothes

服

clothes

舒服

comfortable

服装

dress

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

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