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熟

mellow
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingジュク
Kun readingう.れる
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. mellowRtK
  2. acquire skill
  3. mature
  4. ripen
  1. to digest
  2. to break down
  3. to break to pieces
  4. to crush
  5. to be able to use

Popular Usage

熟語

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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receive · tall · top hat (亠) · mouth (口) · child (子) · children · round · nine (九) · baseball · drop (丶) · oven-fire (灬) · barbecue (灬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 332

Compound words

熟語じゅくご
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
熟知じゅくち
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
円熟えんじゅく
ripeness; mellowness; maturity
熟睡じゅくすい
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
熟練じゅくれん
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery
成熟せいじゅく
maturity; ripeness
早熟そうじゅく
precocity; early ripening; premature development
半熟はんじゅく
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
未熟みじゅく
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced
熟すこなす
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to crush; to be able to use
未熟児みじゅくじ
premature baby
黄熟こうじゅく
ripening and turning yellow
完熟かんじゅく
full ripeness
熟々つくづく
deeply
熟柿じゅくし
ripe persimmon
熟熟つくづく
deeply
熟慮じゅくりょ
careful consideration, deliberation
熟酥じゅくそ
sarpis (type of butter)
豊熟ほうじゅく
abundant harvest
爛熟らんじゅく
overripeness
噛熟すかみこなす
to chew
４字熟語よじじゅくご
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
噛み熟すかみこなす
to chew
使い熟すつかいこなす
to handle (men)

On Reading Examples

熟していない果物を食べれば、まず間違いなく病気になりますよ。じゅくす
Eat green fruit and ten to one you will get ill.tatoeba
熟したりんごが木から落ちた。じゅくす
A ripe apple dropped from the tree.tatoeba
行動の機は熟した。じゅくす
The time is ripe for action.tatoeba
機が熟したら、大胆に突き進むべきだ。僕が側にいる。じゅくす
When the time is ripe, be bold and go for it! I'll stand by you.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

早熟れの早腐り。うれる
Soon ripe, soon rotten.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は非常に英語に熟達してきた。
He has increased his proficiency in English greatly.tatoeba
彼は彼らの計画を熟考した。
He contemplated their plan.tatoeba
彼は長い間熟考した後、その計画を思いついた。
He hit on the plan after long meditation.tatoeba
彼は数年で非常に英語に熟達した。
He got very proficient in English in a few years.tatoeba
その中身は漢字の熟語を並べて読み仮名をつけただけである。
The contents were simply the list of kanji compounds accompanied by their phonetic transcriptions in kana beside them.wiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 熟

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