Memory phrase for the character: 服
服
Meaning
clothes, dress, to take (medicine) Pronunciation
fú
fu2
Explanation From left: body 月 /肉 , bent person 卩 , hand 又
Mnemonic
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The (naked) body bends down with the hand for the clothes. Radicals
肉
body part This radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月 ", which then looks like “moon, month 月 ”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
卩
bent person Shows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕 , sitting cross-legged 夂 , lying ⺈ , skilled 才 , bending マ ,卩 , slumped 㔾 or husband 夫 )
又
again, hand Other radicals with a hand are: 攴 寸 廾 爫 手 扌 彐 右 及 尹 君 聿 隶 兼 殳
Vocabulary
服从
fú cóng
to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
969
驯服 xùn fú
to tame; tame; docile
7209
屈服 qū fú
to surrender; to yield
4724
佩服 pèi fú
to admire
4434
舒服 shū fu
comfortable; feeling well
4349
说服
shuō fú
to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
2623
不服
bù fú
not accept sth; want to have sth overruled or changed; refuse to obey or comply; refuse to accept as final; remain unconvinced by; not give in to
2622
征服
zhēng fú
to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish
2621
衣服 yī fu
clothes
2620
克服
kè fú
(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure
2144
服务 fú wù
to serve; service
2034
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, kneeling 
