服务器
fú wù qì · HSK 7
waiter
🖥️ 服 (serve) + 务 (duty/task) + 器 (device) = task-serving device
服 means to serve, 务 means duties or tasks, and 器 means tool or machine. Together: a machine that serves tasks — exactly what a computer server does. The 器 suffix marks many devices: 机器 (machine), 武器 (weapon).
服 — 月 (moon/flesh) + 𠬝 (kneeling figure with hand)
Originally depicted a hand subduing a kneeling person beside a boat (later simplified to 月), suggesting submission or service. The meaning extended from 'submit/serve' to 'clothing' (what one wears in service) and 'to take' as in medicine. The phonetic role of 𠬝 helps fix the reading fú.