Read Edit View history 服 fúfù HSK1 clothes Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Combination of 凡 (plate) and subdue (𠬝). Based on the original meaning "serve" or "submit". 凡 alludes to serving a plate. Pinyin Separate values with commas fú ×fu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a plate. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 服 Simp strokes 服 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a kneeling person being subdued. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 服 Simp strokes 服 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 服 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 182, 733 ], [ 214, 703 ], [ 219, 686 ], [ 216, 506 ], [ 203, 394 ], [ 193, 340 ], [ 163, 247 ], [ 129, 170 ], [ 63, 66 ] ], [ [ 247, 724 ], [ 263, 715 ], [ 347, 742 ], [ 368, 735 ], [ 389, 712 ], [ 385, 264 ], [ 378, 141 ], [ 359, 110 ], [ 332, 118 ], [ 261, 157 ] ], [ [ 248, 522 ], [ 267, 540 ], [ 310, 538 ] ], [ [ 228, 365 ], [ 235, 376 ], [ 257, 384 ], [ 291, 388 ], [ 312, 382 ] ], [ [ 549, 738 ], [ 561, 727 ], [ 721, 766 ], [ 737, 764 ], [ 756, 745 ], [ 738, 637 ], [ 725, 603 ], [ 700, 567 ], [ 677, 555 ], [ 596, 595 ] ], [ [ 481, 755 ], [ 511, 720 ], [ 523, 623 ], [ 517, 315 ], [ 494, 111 ], [ 500, 41 ] ], [ [ 544, 427 ], [ 561, 421 ], [ 600, 425 ], [ 704, 454 ], [ 726, 453 ], [ 762, 440 ], [ 731, 320 ], [ 696, 244 ], [ 661, 197 ], 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