服 clothing

Also: admit, obey, discharge

On'yomi
フク
Strokes
8
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
服 is written in 8 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A hand (又) helps a kneeling person (卩) pull clothes over their body (月).

A common word

  • 服 ふく clothes

Example sentences

  • このふくはかわいいです。

    These clothes are cute.

  • まいあさ、ふくをきがえます。

    I change my clothes every morning.

Don't confuse it with

  • 肢 limb N1

Kanji that share a part

月 is its radical. 70 kanji share it in all.

卩 is a component. 12 kanji share it in all.

  • 報 report
  • 印 mark N3
  • 命 fate N3
  • 厄 misfortune N2
  • 抑 suppress N2
  • 氾 overflow N1
  • 卯 sign Of The Hare Or Rabbit N1
  • 却 instead N1