熟
Meaning
- ripe; mature
- thoroughly cooked; done
- familiar; acquainted
Example sentence
熟能生巧。
Practice makes perfect.
The character 熟
熟 stands on 灬, fire: cooked through. Cooked becomes ripe and then familiar — 熟人 someone you know, 熟练 practised, 成熟 mature. In speech it is as often said shóu.