복

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服 (Clothes)

• 한복 <韓服> - Traditional Korean clothes
• 양복 <洋服> - Suit
• 교복 <校服> - School uniform
  • 동복 <冬服> - Winter uniform
  • 하복 <夏服> - Summer uniform
  • 춘추복 <春秋服> - Spring and autumn uniform
  • 체육복 <體育服> - Gym uniform
• 아동복 <兒童服> - Children´s clothing
• 기성복 <旣成服> - Ready-made clothes, store-bought clothes
• 군복 <軍服> - Military uniform
• 임산복 <妊産服> - Clothes for pregnant women
• 환자복 <患者服> - Uniform for patient(hospital)
• 내복 <內服> - Underclothes
• 소복 <素服> - White mourning clothes
• 수영복 <水泳服> - Swimwear
• 방한복 <防寒服> - Winter clothes (against the cold)
• 작업복 <作業服> - Working clothes
• 사복 <私服> - Civilian clothes
  • 사복경찰 <私服警察> - Plain-clothes policeman
• 복장 <服裝> - Attire
• 복종(하다) <服從> - Obey
• 항복(하다) <降服> - Capitulate
• 정복(하다) <征服> - Conquer
• 복무(하다) <服務> - Be in the service(army)
• 복역(하다) <服役> - Serve time (one´s sentence)
• 복용(하다) <服用> - Take medicine
  • 내복약 <內服藥> - Internal medicine, medicine for internal use
• 극복(하다) <克服> - Overcome, surmount (difficulties)

複 (Repeat, overlap)

• 복사(하다) <複寫> - Copy, Xerox
  • 복사기 <複寫機> - Copy machine
• 복잡하다 <複雜> - Complicated, complex, crowded
• 복도 <複道> - Hallway
• 중복(되다) <重複> - Overlapping, repetition
• 복제(하다) <複製> - Reproduce, clone

復 (Recovery)

• 반복(하다) <反復> - Repeat
• 복원(하다) <復元> - Be restored to the former state
• 복습(하다) <復習> - Review (lessons)
• 복귀(하다) <復歸> - Return to (work, regiment...)
• 회복하다 <回復> - Recover (economic, health...)

伏 (Prostrate)

• 잠복(하다) <潛伏> - Conceal oneself
  • 잠복근무 <潛伏勤務> -Stakeout, ambush duty

腹 (Stomach)

• 복통 <腹痛> - Stomachache
• 공복 <空腹> - Empty stomach
• 복근 <腹筋> - Abdominal muscle
• 이복 <異腹> - Different mother
  • 이복동생 <異腹同生> - Younger sibling by a different mother, half brother(sister)
  • 이복형제 <異腹兄弟> - Brothers by different mothers, half brother(sister)

福 (Good fortune)

• 복권 <福券> - Lottery ticket
• 복지 <福祉> - Public welfare
  • 복지 시설 <福祉施設> - Welfare facilities
• 행복(하다) <幸福> - Happiness