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Kanji Detail for 熟 - "ripe, skilled"

熟

  • Meaning

    熟 means "ripe, skilled." Also associated with thoroughly.

    1. Ripe - Fully developed; mature.

    2. Skilled - Proficient; experienced.

    3. Thoroughly - Completely; fully.

  • Words using 熟

    • 成熟 せいじゅく Listen maturity; ripeness
    • 未熟 みじゅく Listen unripe; green; immature
    • 熟知 じゅくち Listen being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
    • 熟練 じゅくれん Listen skill; expertise; experience
    • 未熟児 みじゅくじ Listen premature baby
    • 熟語 じゅくご Listen kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
    • 熟す こなす Listen to digest; to break down; to break to pieces
    • 早熟 そうじゅく Listen precocity; early ripening; premature development

  • Four-character idioms with 熟

    • 熟思黙想 じゅくしもくそう Listen considering (a matter) carefully and silently; being lost in silent contemplation
    • 熟慮断行 じゅくりょだんこう Listen being deliberate in council, and decisive in action
    • 熟読玩味 じゅくどくがんみ Listen reading carefully with appreciation
    • 老成円熟 ろうせいえんじゅく Listen experience that comes with age

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    • Verified meaning: ripe, skilled
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そうろく, そうわ, みのる, むねお)
    • Also carries these associations: thoroughly

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 熟

    Surnames 熟(そうろく)Listen 熟(そうわ)Listen 熟(みのる)Listen 熟(むねお)Listen 熟(むねかず)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mellow; ripen; mature; acquire skill

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    well-cooked; ripe; familiar with

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Cooked and ready to eat is called 熟. As in 生熟 (raw and cooked). | Abundant harvest of grain. As in 荒熟 (famine and plenty). | Thorough and detailed is called 熟. As in 精熟 (thoroughly proficient), 純熟 (skilled), 熟思 (careful thought), 熟視 (careful observation). | What one is accustomed to is called 熟. As in 駕輕車，就熟路 (driving a light carriage on a familiar road).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    juku(ジュク) ジュク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    u.reru(う-れる) う-れる

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    ripe skilled thoroughly carefully cook intensely mature experienced accomplished adept competent developed expert master polished practiced proficient refined seasoned trained

Sentences including 熟

  • The plan is not mature.

  • He tried to master french.

  • He is proficient in english.

  • He got very proficient in english in a few years.

  • He was an old hand at the game.

  • How many idioms have we studied so far?

  • His knowledge of french is poor.

  • He contemplated their plan.

  • She pondered the question for a while.

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