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Chinese symbol for “apparel”

服饰
fú shì
Traditional: 服飾
apparel; clothing and personal adornment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for apparel is 服饰 (fú shì), defined as: apparel; clothing and personal adornment.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

服 fú
clothes; to dress, to wear; to take medicine
radical 74 ⽉ · 8 strokes
饰 shì
to decorate, to adorn; ornament
radical 184 ⾷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “apparel”

WordPinyinMeaning
穿戴chuān dàito dress; to be dressed; clothing; apparel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 服饰.

WordPinyinMeaning
服务 (服務)fú wùto serve; service
衣服yī fuclothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào)
服装 (服裝)fú zhuāngdress; clothing
舒服shū fucomfortable; feeling well
说服 (說服)shuō fúto persuade; to convince
制服zhì fúto subdue; to check
装饰 (裝飾)zhuāng shìto decorate; decoration
掩饰 (掩飾)yǎn shìto cover up; to conceal

See also: Japanese symbol for “apparel”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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