CHINESE CHARACTER

服 (fú): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

fú

clothes; to dress, to wear; to take medicine

HSK 18 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

月

Primary radical

月 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 服.

月 · 卩 · 又

Visible components

服 is decomposed as ⿰月⿸卩又.

STROKES · 8

Write 服 in 8 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 服

衣服yīfu

HSK 1 · clothes

舒服shūfu

HSK 2 · comfortable; feeling well

服务fúwù

HSK 3 · to serve; service

服装fúzhuāng

HSK 5 · dress; clothing; costume; clothes

克服kèfú

HSK 5 · (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure

客服kèfú

HSK 5 · customer service

Examples using 服

衣服

穿上衣服。

Chuān shàng yī fu。

Put on some clothes.

舒服

我感觉不舒服。

Wǒ gǎn jué bù shū fú。

I don't feel well.

服务

要收服务费吗?

Yào shōu fú wù fèi ma ?

Is there a service charge for that?

FAQ

What does 服 (fú) mean in Chinese?

clothes; to dress, to wear; to take medicine

How do you write 服 in stroke order?

服 has 8 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 服?

月 is the radical in 服. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 服?

衣服 (yīfu): clothes; 舒服 (shūfu): comfortable; feeling well; 服务 (fúwù): to serve; service.