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服 fú — “clothes; to serve”

How to write and say the Chinese character 服 (fú), which means clothes; to serve — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Out & about.

Pinyin · 拼音 fú
Meaning · 意思 clothes; to serve
Strokes · 笔画 8
Radical · 部首 月 (moon)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

服 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: a person 卩 putting on 又 a coat 月.

A common word常用词

舒shū服fu

comfortable

Example sentence例句

这zhè件jiàn衣yī服fu真zhēn舒shū服fu。

These clothes are so comfy.

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