口服

to take medicine orally / oral (contraceptive etc) / to say that one is convinced

Characters and words in 口服

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

服

fú = fu + Ø2

clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes

服 = 𠬝 + 月 : Frieda Fox (fu) and the moon (月) are playing a little game in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). They are ordering each other what to wear and the other person has to obey (服). Frieda orders the moon to wear a neat little tutu (𠬝), and the moon orders Frieda to wear a princess' dress (服). After they've changed they can't stop laughing at each other.