服

服 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月尸中水 (BSLE), four-corner 7724₇, composition ⿰月𠬝 or ⿰⿵⺆⺀𠬝)

• 棴, 𲋻, 𩸤, 𬶚, 鵩, 𫛳, 𣔚, 𧌘, 𪂖, 菔, 𦋉, 箙, 𧟱, 𧟵, 𨵟

• 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯɡ): semantic 凡 (“tray”) + phonetic 𠬝 (*[b]ək, “to subdue”) – to serve. 凡 here has been corrupted into 舟 and subsequently 月.

服

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) clothes; garment; dress

   衣服  ―  yīfú  ―  clothes

   校服  ―  xiàofú  ―  school uniform

2. mourning dress; mourning apparel
3. to wear; to put on (clothes)
4. 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.

5. 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

6. to submit; to agree; to accept; to obey; to be convinced

   不服  ―  bùfú  ―  to refuse to accept

7. 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. [Jyutping]

   Come on, I surrender.

8. to convince; to persuade
9. to be accustomed to
10. (gaming) short for 伺服器 (sìfúqì); server
11. (historical) inner pair of horses among the four that pull an imperial carriage
12. Classifier for doses for TCM regimens.
13. a surname, Fu

• (to obey):

• “服”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. clothing
2. an amount equal to one swallow (act of swallowing), a gulp
3. obey

From Middle Chinese 服 (MC bjuwk); compare Mandarin 服 (fú, fù):

• Go-on: ぶく (buku)
• Kan-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 服 (fù):

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ふう (fū)
• Kan’yō-on: ふく (fuku, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: まつらう (matsurau, 服う)、まつろう (matsurou, 服う)^{←まつろふ (maturofu, 服ふ, historical)}
• Nanori: こと (koto)、はつ (hatsu)、はとり (hatori)、はら (hara)、もと (moto)、ゆき (yuki)、よ (yo)

From Middle Chinese 服 (MC bjuwk).

• (Tokyo) ふく [fùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟]

服(ふく) • (-fuku) 

1. an amount equal to one swallow:
   1. doses of medicine
   2. gulps of tea
   3. puffs of tobacco

服(ふく) • (fuku) 

1. clothes

   Synonym: 衣類 (irui)

服(ふく) • (-fuku) 

1. clothes

服 (eumhun 옷 복 (ot bok))

1. hanja form^? of 복 (“clothes, clothing”)

• 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”)

服: Hán Nôm readings: phục^[1]

1. (only in compounds) clothing, clothes
2. to submit, to serve, to obey
3. to admire, to esteem