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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

熟: mellow, ripen

Also: mature, acquire skill

JLPT N115 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

灬 carries the meaning · 孰 gives the sound

15 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ジュクjuku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 熟すじゅくすripen
  • 熟語じゅくごidiom
  • 未熟なみじゅくなinexperienced
  • 早熟なそうじゅくなprecocious
  • 熟練するじゅくれんするbecome skilled
  • 熟成するじゅくせいするmature [v.i.]
  • 成熟するせいじゅくするmature [v.i.]
  • 円熟するえんじゅくするreach perfection [v.i.]

うれるureru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 熟れるうれるripen

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“These four dots are flames under a cooking pot! When you see 灬 at the bottom of a kanji, imagine a fire heating something from below.”
More in the 灬 fire story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
孰

Also built on 孰

灬

Also built on fire (灬)

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Also read ジュク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
熟 mellow · 灬
vs塾 cram school · 土
熟 has 灬 where 塾 has 土.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shú

Same form: 熟 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
熟 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
熟 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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