Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1415 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 熟練 【ジュクレン】 skill, expertise, experience, proficiency, mastery, dexterity
  • 熟知 【ジュクチ】 being familiar with, having a thorough knowledge of, being well-informed about
  • 半熟 【ハンジュク】 half-cooked, half-done, soft-boiled, half-ripe, unripe
  • 完熟 【カンジュク】 full ripeness, full maturity

Kun reading compounds

  • 熟れる 【うれる】 to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.), to become ripe

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shou2, shu2
Korean:
sug

Spanish

  • madurar
  • adquirir habilidad
  • pensar bien

Portuguese

  • maturar
  • amadurecer
  • amadurecimento
  • adquirir habilidade

French

  • mûrir
  • maturité
  • acquérir des capacités
905 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
894 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1517 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2795 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1508 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1519 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2406 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
687 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
700 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
864 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1282 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3558 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2498 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
316 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19332 Morohashi
2868 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3472 New Nelson (John Haig)
310 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
332 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
984 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
440 2001 Kanji
4d10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
2-10-4 SKIP code
0533.1 Four corner code
0433.1 Four corner code
1-29-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
719f Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
word, speech, language
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 語 【ゴ】 word, term, language, speech
  • 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
  • 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
  • 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word

Kun reading compounds

  • 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
  • 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
  • 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3, yu4
Korean:
eo

Spanish

  • palabra
  • discurso
  • lenguaje
  • hablar
  • conversar
  • narrar

Portuguese

  • palavra
  • discurso
  • língua

French

  • langage
  • mot
  • raconter
209 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
124 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
112 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
274 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4374 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
231 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
87 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2136 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
67 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1685 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1944 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
353 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35533 Morohashi
1543 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5628 New Nelson (John Haig)
347 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
211 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
231 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0166.1 Four corner code
1-24-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a9e Unicode hex code