服 — clothing, dress, submit
ふく
服
clothing
Grade 3
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
8 strokes
U+670D
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #873
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #779
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- clothing
- dress
- submit
word
ふく fuku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
はっ ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). The left component (月, here flesh/body, not moon) gives the semantic field. The right side provides fuku. Clothing and submit.