服 fú
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
服装
fúzhuāng
clothing; costume
Characters in this word
装 zhuāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- Made of
- 壮 big, large 衣 cloth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 服装很美。 Fúzhuāng hěn měi. The clothing is beautiful.
- 这家服装店。 Zhè jiā fúzhuāng diàn. This clothing store.
- 她卖服装。 Tā mài fúzhuāng. She sells outfits.