TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
服
服 ＝ 月 ＋ 𠬝
ㄈㄨˊ · fú
verb/noun — to submit, to serve; clothes
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𠬝聲fú — gives the sounda hand (又) pressing a figure to its knees (卩)
The right side is a hand pressing a figure to its knees (𠬝) — made to submit; it carries the sound too. The left began as a boat (舟), worn by copying into 月. To submit, then to serve (服務); what the body takes on is also 服 — clothes (衣服), medicine (服藥).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手（又）按在肩上，那人膝蓋一彎，跪下了——服了。
A hand (又) presses the shoulder; the knees fold — submitted.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)服從— to submit, obey
→服務— to serve常用
→衣服— clothes — what the body takes on
→服藥— to take medicine
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
演 · Evolution
左邊本來是舟；幾百年抄下來，磨方成了月。
The left side began as 舟, a boat; centuries of copying squared it into 月.