Kanji N1

熟: mellow, ripen, mature

熟 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning mellow, ripen, mature, written with 15 strokes. It is read ジュク (on) and うれる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 成熟 (せいじゅく, maturity) and 未熟 (みじゅく, unripe).

熟

Meanings

  • mellow
  • ripen
  • mature
  • acquire skill
Strokes15
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1415 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジュク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うれる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 熟

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 成熟せいじゅく

    maturity; ripeness

    JLPT N1
  • 未熟みじゅく

    unripe; green; immature

    JLPT N1
  • 熟語じゅくご

    kanji compound

    JLPT N2
  • 熟知じゅくち

    being familiar with

  • 熟練じゅくれん

    skill; expertise; experience; proficiency

  • 未熟児みじゅくじ

    premature baby

  • 円熟えんじゅく

    ripeness; mellowness; maturity

  • 熟睡じゅくすい

    deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.