熟

shú

ripe; mature

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

phonetic (孰) + fire beneath (灬) = cooked through, ripe, familiar

灬 (fire beneath) provides the meaning: heat is what turns raw into ripe, cooked, or deeply familiar. 孰 mainly gives the sound shú and does not carry the semantic weight here.

孰+灬→熟
孰An older character meaning 'who'Phonetic
灬FireSemantic

这些苹果已经熟了,可以吃了。

zhè xiē píng guǒ yǐ jīng shú le,kě yǐ chī le。

These apples are already ripe, they can be eaten now.

他对这条路很熟,不需要看地图。

tā duì zhè tiáo lù hěn shú,bù xū yào kàn dì tú。

He is very familiar with this road and does not need to look at a map.

Words with 熟

早熟

zǎo shú

precocious; early-maturing

熟悉

shú xī

to be familiar with; to know well

熟食

shú shí

cooked food

常熟

cháng shú

see 常熟市[Chang2 shu2 Shi4]

半熟

bàn shú

half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled

娴熟

xián shú

adept

驾轻就熟

jià qīng jiù shú

lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy

一分熟

yī fēn shú

rare (of steak)

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]

一次生,两次熟

yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú

unfamiliar at first but you get used to it

七分熟

qī fēn shú

medium well (of steak)

More characters with 孰

塾