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Kanji Detail for 服 - "clothes, wear, obey"

服

  • Meaning

    服 means "clothes, wear, obey."

    1. Clothes - Garments; attire.

    2. Wear - To put on clothing.

    3. Obey - To follow; to comply.

    4. Take medicine - To consume medication.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    clothing; admit; obey; discharge

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    clothes; wear, dress

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    clothes; to dress, to wear; to take medicine

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Clothing. Such as 禮服 (formal dress), 常服 (everyday clothes), 燕服 (casual clothes). | To wear clothes is called 服. From "Mencius": "You wear the clothes of Yao." | Mourning clothes are called 服. Zhancui, qicui, dagong, xiaogong, and sima are the five grades of mourning, distinguished by the coarseness of the cloth to indicate degrees of relationship. | To submit. Such as 心悅誠服 (to sincerely submit with joy). | To serve. Serving in government is called 服官. Farming is called 服田. Commerce is called 服賈. All meaning to engage in these activities. | The horses in the middle position hitched to a carriage are called 服. From "Book of Odes": "The two center horses rise up, the two outside horses proceed in file." | To take, consume. Such as 服藥 (to take medicine). Also, one dose of medicine is called 一服. | To be accustomed. Such as 不服水土 means not accustomed to the local climate.
  • Onyomitip

    fuku(ふく) ふく

  • Kunyomitip

    ki.ru(きる) きる

    kimono(きもの) きもの

    no.mu(もむ) もむ

    shitaga.u(したがう) したがう

  • Strokestip

    8 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    月 (tsuki・tsukihen)

  • Related Keywords
    clothes garment wear dress attire costume uniform obey comply follow submit serve medicine dose take consume clothing fashion outfit apparel

Sentences including 服

  • She spends a lot of money on clothes.

  • It's time you had a dose of your medicine.

  • This suit is too good for me.

  • At last he yielded.

  • She was disguised in men's clothes.

  • His clothes are out of fashion.

  • That white dress looks good on you.

  • Her blue shoes go well with that dress.

  • I made my son a new suit.

  • I gave them clothing and some food.

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