shú

well-cooked, ripe

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
孰 sound component

  Sound component

shú

  

who? which? what? which one?

灬 meaning component

  Meaning component

biāohuǒ

  

fire

is a component form of .

Evolution

熟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
熟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shú

well-cooked; ripe; familiar with; cooked (of food); ripe (of fruit); mature (of seeds); familiar; skilled; done; also pr. [shóu]

Most common words with 熟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

成熟

mature

熟悉

to know well

familiar

熟人

friend

熟练

practiced