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熟shú, shóu

cooked; done (food); ripe; mature; skilled; practiced; familiar; well known

熟 shú is cooked, ripe and well known: 成熟 'mature', 熟练 'skilled', 熟人 'acquaintance'. In casual speech the same meanings sound like shóu — 饭熟了 'the rice is done'.

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ZDIC detailed source: 形声，从火，孰( shú)声 — cooking fire under the sound piece 孰, which matches shú exactly.

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熟shú, shóu

cooked; done (food); ripe; mature; skilled; practiced; familiar; well known

熟 shú is cooked, ripe and well known: 成熟 'mature', 熟练 'skilled', 熟人 'acquaintance'. In casual speech the same meanings sound like shóu — 饭熟了 'the rice is done'.

ZDIC detailed source: 形声，从火，孰( shú)声 — cooking fire under the sound piece 孰, which matches shú exactly.

TOP: THE SOUND PIECE 孰 (SHÚ)

孰shú

who; which (literary)

An archaic graph (shú); when a character keeps it as a piece, the sound role is stated on that character's page.

In 熟: top: the sound piece 孰 (shú) The whole syllable shú matches exactly; the colloquial shóu is the same-meaning spoken variant.

BOTTOM: THE FIRE DOTS

灬huǒ

fire (from 火)

The four-dot bottom fire form; not a standalone page.

In 熟: bottom: the fire dots Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.

shúTone 2
  • cooked; done (food)
  • ripe; mature
  • skilled; practiced
  • familiar; well known
  • 成熟chéngshúripe; mature
  • 熟练shúliànskilled; practiced
  • 熟悉shúxīto know well
  • 熟人shúrénacquaintance
shóuTone 2variant; colloquial (same meaning as shú)
  • cooked; ripe (same meanings as shú, colloquial speech)

The detailed source lists shóu as the spoken, same-meaning partner of shú (义同'熟'); no new senses are invented.

  • 熟了shóulecooked; done (colloquial)

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