熟
ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
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How 熟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
灬 (semantic, “fire”) + 孰 (phonetic, shú)
components: 孰 灬
How to remember it
ripe · Heisig RSH #327
享 enjoy + bottle of pills + cooking fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 孰
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 孰 (shú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孰 sound component | shú | who? which? what? which one? |
| 塾 | shú | village school; private tutorage |
Words containing 熟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人生地不熟 | rén shēng dì bù shú | to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom); in an unfamiliar place without friends or fami… |
| 人生路不熟 | rén shēng lù bù shú | everything is unfamiliar |
| 一回生二回熟 | yī huí shēng èr huí shú | unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom) |
| 一回生两回熟 | yī huí shēng liǎng huí shú | see 一回生二回熟[yi1 hui2 sheng1 er4 hui2 shu2] |
| 半生不熟 | bàn shēng bù shóu | underripe; half-cooked; (fig.) not mastered (of a technique); clumsy; halting |
| 人头熟 | rén tóu shú | to know a lot of people |
| 一分熟 | yī fēn shú | rare (of steak) |
| 熟道儿 | shú dào r | familiar road; well-trodden path |
| 三分熟 | sān fēn shú | medium rare (of steak) |
| 性成熟 | xìng chéng shú | sexual maturity |
| 自来熟 | zì lái shú | (coll.) naturally outgoing with strangers; quick to act like an old acquaintance; sb who h… |
| 一次生，两次熟 | yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú | unfamiliar at first but you get used to it; strangers are first meeting, but soon friends;… |
| 五分熟 | wǔ fēn shú | medium (of steak) |
| 树上熟 | shù shàng shú | tree-ripe |
| 生米做成熟饭 | shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn | lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed; It's too la… |
| 生米熟饭 | shēng mǐ shú fàn | abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can'… |
| 熟人 | shú rén | acquaintance; friend |
| 轻车熟路 | qīng chē shú lù | lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom); fig. to do sth routinely a… |
| 熟地 | shú dì | cultivated land; in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehman… |
| 熟化 | shú huà | to cure; to mature |