Memory phrase for the Kanji: 服


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Meaning cloth, garment

Pronunciation

FUKU

Explanation

From left: body /, bent person , hand

Mnemonic


 
The body bends down with the hand for the clothes.

Radicals

body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but has the meaning 'body part'.
bending personThis radical is typically described as "seal". However for the mnemonics the meaning "bending person" appears to be better.
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 Vocabulary

ふく  clothes (esp. Western clothes)
制服 せいふく  uniform
不服 ふふく  dissatisfaction, disapproval, objection
洋服 ようふく  Western-style clothes
衣服 いふく  clothes
克服 こくふく  subjugation, conquest
和服 わふく  Japanese clothes
征服 せいふく  conquest, subjugation, overcoming
服装 ふくそう  garments

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