Hanja Analyzer
服

服 — bok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
옷 복
Romanization
bok
English
clothes; wear, dress
Mandarin
fú
Japanese on'yomi
フク, ブク, ヒョク, フウ, フ
Japanese kun'yomi
したがう
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#873 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
月 (74, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+670D

How 服 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 服 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 凡, 𠬝.

Korean example words with 服

  • 신복新服 Korean gloss: 새 의복
  • 왜복倭服 Korean gloss: 일본 옷
  • 승복僧服 Korean gloss: 승려의 옷
  • 군복軍服 Korean gloss: 군인의 제복
  • 환복換服 Korean gloss: 옷을 갈아입음
  • 채복彩服 Korean gloss: 색깔이 고운 옷
  • 남복男服 Korean gloss: 남자들이 입는 옷
  • 동복冬服 Korean gloss: 겨울철에 입는 옷
  • 하복夏服 Korean gloss: 여름철에 입는 옷
  • 복장服裝 Korean gloss: 옷을 차려입은 모양
  • 복죄服罪 Korean gloss: 죄를 순순히 인정함
  • 양복洋服 Korean gloss: 남성의 서양식 정장

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 服

  • 服ふく clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress
  • 制服せいふく uniform
  • 服装ふくそう attire; dress; clothes
  • 不服ふふく dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval
  • 洋服ようふく Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
  • 克服こくふく conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting
  • 衣服いふく clothes
  • 和服わふく Japanese clothes
  • 服役ふくえき penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service
  • 服飾ふくしょく clothing and accessories; attire
  • 私服しふく ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes
  • 軍服ぐんぷく military uniform

Characters sharing the phonetic 服

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “복” in Korean.

Other hanja read “복”

Other hanja with radical 月

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