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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
服 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月尸中水 (BSLE), four-corner 77247, composition ⿰月𠬝)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14345
- Dae Jaweon: page 883, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2053, character 7
- Unihan data for U+670D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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菔
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*bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ
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服
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*bɯɡ
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鵩
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*bɯɡ
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箙
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*bɯɡ
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棴
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*bɯɡ, *smoːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *bɯɡ) : semantic 凡 (“tray”) + phonetic 𠬝 (*ək, “to subdue”) – to serve. 凡 here has been corrupted into 舟 and subsequently 月.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): fú, fù (fu2, fu4)
- (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ, ㄈㄨˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu2
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fuk6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): fuuk5
- Gan (Wiktionary): fuh7
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): fu̍k
- (Meixian, Guangdong): fug6
- Jin (Wiktionary): feh5
- Northern Min (KCR): hū / hŭ
- Eastern Min (BUC): hŭk / hók
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k
- (Teochew, Peng'im): hog8
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8voq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu6
Note:
- fú - usual pronunciation;
- fù - only in the sense “dose”.
Note:
- hŭk - literary;
- hók - vernacular (“dose”).
Note:
- “clothes; to serve; to submit; classifier”.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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服
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服
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服
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服
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Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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4/4
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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fú
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fú
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fú
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fù
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Middle Chinese
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‹ bjuwk ›
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‹ bjuwk ›
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‹ bjuwk ›
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‹ bjuwX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ək/
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/*ək/
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/*ək/
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/*əʔ/
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English
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quiver (n.)
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garment; wear (v.)
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subdue, submit
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box of a carriage
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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服
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3366
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Phonetic component
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服
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Rime group
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職
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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伏
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Old Chinese
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/*bɯɡ/
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Definitions
服
- ⁜ clothes; garment; dress
- 衣服 ― yīfú ― clothes
- 校服 ― xiàofú ― school uniform
- mourning dress; mourning apparel
- to wear; to put on (clothes)
- to take; to eat
- 服藥/服药 ― fúyào ― to take medicine
- 服用 ― fúyòng ― to take medicine
- 服毒 ― fúdú ― to take poison
- 每日服三次。 ― Měirì fú sān cì. ― Take it three times a day.
- to serve; to be engaged in
- 客服 ― kèfú ― customer service
- 服兵役 ― fú bīngyì ― to serve in the army
- 服刑 ― fúxíng ― to serve a sentence
- to submit; to agree; to accept; to obey; to be convinced
- 不服 ― bùfú ― to refuse to accept
- Used to express defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments
- 服了你了。 ― Fú le nǐ le. ― You win.
我真係服咗你。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我真系服咗你。 [Cantonese, simp.]- ngo5 zan1 hai6 fuk6 zo2 nei5.
- Come on, I surrender.
- to convince; to persuade
- to be accustomed to
- (gaming) Short for 伺服器 (sìfúqì); server
- (historical) inner pair of horses among the four that pull an imperial carriage
- Classifier for doses for TCM regimens.
- a surname: Fu
Synonyms
- 依從/依从 (yīcóng)
- 就 (jiù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 服從/服从 (fúcóng)
- 歸附/归附 (guīfù)
- 聽從/听从 (tīngcóng)
- 聽話/听话 (tīnghuà)
- 訓/训 (xùn) (literary)
- 賓服/宾服 (bīnfú) (literary)
- 隨/随 (suí)
- 順/顺 (shùn)
- 順從/顺从 (shùncóng)
- 順趁/顺趁 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Shinjitai
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服
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Kyūjitai [1]
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服󠄁 服+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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服󠄃 服+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
服
(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
- clothing
- an amount equal to one swallow (act of swallowing), a gulp
- obey
Readings
From Middle Chinese 服 (MC bjuwk); compare Mandarin 服 (fú, fù):
From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 服 (fù):
From native Japanese roots:
Pronunciation
Counter
服 • (-fuku)
- an amount equal to one swallow:
- doses of medicine
- gulps of tea
- puffs of tobacco
Noun
服 • (fuku)
- clothes
Synonyms
Derived terms
Suffix
服 • (-fuku)
- clothes
References
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1090 (paper), page 596 (digital)
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
服 (eumhun 옷 복 (ot bok))
- hanja form? of 복 (“clothes, clothing”)
Compounds
- 한복 (韓服, hanbok, “hanbok”)
- 제복 (制服, jebok, “uniform”)
- 양복 (洋服, yangbok, “suit”)
- 수영복 (水泳服, suyeongbok, “swimsuit”)
- 운동복 (運動服, undongbok, “sportswear”)
Vietnamese
Han character
服: Hán Nôm readings: phục[1]
- (only in compounds) clothing, clothes
- to submit, to serve, to obey
- to admire, to esteem
References