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Chinese symbol for “dress”

服装
fú zhuāng
Traditional: 服裝
dress; clothing; costume; clothes

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dress is 服装 (fú zhuāng), defined as: dress; clothing; costume; clothes; measure word: 身 (shēn).

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
装 zhuāng
dress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dress”

WordPinyinMeaning
衣yìto dress; to wear
穿戴chuān dàito dress; to be dressed; clothing; apparel
着装 (著裝)zhuó zhuāngto dress; dress
穿着 (穿著)chuān zhuóattire; clothes; dress
整队 (整隊)zhěng duìto dress (troops); to line up (to arrange in a straight line)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 服装.

WordPinyinMeaning
服务 (服務)fú wùto serve; service
衣服yī fuclothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào)
舒服shū fucomfortable; feeling well
说服 (說服)shuō fúto persuade; to convince
制服zhì fúto subdue; to check
武装 (武裝)wǔ zhuāngarms; equipment
装备 (裝備)zhuāng bèiequipment; to equip
安装 (安裝)ān zhuāngto install; to erect

See also: Japanese symbol for “dress”.

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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