The kanji character 服 primarily means "clothes," "clothing," or "to wear." It encompasses garments worn on the body. It can also extend to meanings related to obedience or service, reflecting the idea of being "bound" or "controlled" like when wearing clothes.

・On-yomi (音読み): フク (fuku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): き（る） (kiru) - to wear (clothes)

⚫︎ 洋服 Translation: Western-style clothes; clothing ⚫︎ 制服 Translation: Uniform ⚫︎ 服装 Translation: Clothing; attire

The kanji 服 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). It combines two parts: ⚫︎ The phonetic component is 畐 (fuku), which originally depicted a vessel full of contents. Its primary function here is to contribute to the sound. ⚫︎ The semantic component is 月/肉 (tsuki/niku) or "flesh" or "body" which has been simplified and changed its shape to 月 and represents the body. The combination suggests the idea of clothing covering the body, or something that "fills" or "covers" the body.