熟 shú — familiar; skilled; ripe; done; ripe; cooked
树上的果子已经熟了。Shù shàng de guǒ zi yǐ jīng shú le.The fruit on the tree is already ripe.
Common words: 成熟 (chéng shú)、熟人 (shú rén)、熟悉 (shú xī)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "ripe"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "ripe", including 熟 (shú), 熟 (shú). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words, and examples.
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "ripe" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 熟 (shú), 熟 (shú) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters happen to share the reading shú, so lean on the words and written forms to tell them apart. The example sentences further down show how 熟 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 熟 shúfamiliar; skilled; ripe; done; ripe; cookedUseful words: 成熟, 熟人
- 熟 shúfamiliar; skilled; ripe; done; ripe; cookedUseful words: 成熟, 熟人
Common words for these 2 "ripe" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 熟 (shú) — so "ripe" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "ripe".
熟 shú — familiar; skilled; ripe; done; ripe; cooked
树上的果子已经熟了。Shù shàng de guǒ zi yǐ jīng shú le.The fruit on the tree is already ripe.
Common words: 成熟 (chéng shú)、熟人 (shú rén)、熟悉 (shú xī)
All 2 characters
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