# 装 dress up

壮 (epic!!!) Same-ON + 衣 (cloth)
★★★☆☆
12 strokes

## Onyomi

SOU |

## Mnemonic

| He looks SO robust, all dressed up in that manly cloth.

## Kunyomi

よそお*う | to pretend or feign. (like '振る' - except that 振るmeans you're fooling yourself, while 装う means you're trying to fool others.) ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

服装(ふくそう) | dressed like that. ★★★☆☆ 服 (clothes) + 装 (dress up) = 服装 (dressed like that.) a manner of dress- not just a uniform. If you tell your daughter she's not leaving the house 'dressed like that', that's 服装. Or if someone shows up to your party dressed way too formally, that's also a 服装 problem.
変装(へんそう) | disguise ★★☆☆☆ 変 (change) + 装 (dress up) = 変装 (disguise)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
製 | mass production | SYSTEM | 制
装 | dress up | SAMURAI | 士

Mass production is only accomplished with an industrial SYSTEM. The SAMURAIS had their own manner of dress.

## Synonyms

cloth 布 衣 衣装 制服 服装 衣服 衣装
to pretend or feign 振りをする 装う 惚ける