Memory phrase for the character: 熟


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Meaning

ripen, mature, cooked

Pronunciation

JUKU

Explanation

Top: to receive, pleased 享 (The tall 高 child 子 has received and is pleased.), round 丸 (sth. nine-九-sided needs an extra accent 丶 to become round.), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic


 
The tall children around the fire have ripened/matured.

Radicals

receive
roundThe 'nine' 九 with an extra dash 丶 becomes something round.
fireBoth the radicals renga 灬 and hi 火 are used for fire.




 Vocabulary

成熟 せいじゅく  maturity, ripeness
未熟 みじゅく  inexperience, unripeness, unskilled, immature
熟語 じゅくご  idiom, idiomatic phrase, kanji compound
円熟 えんじゅく  ripeness, mellowness, maturity
黄熟 こうじゅく; おうじゅく  ripening and turning yellow
完熟 かんじゅく  full ripeness; full maturity

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