# 熟 — Ripen

Frequency rank 1304 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 肺 (Lung), less common than 献 (Offer).

- On’yomi: じゅく
- Kun’yomi: う
- Radical: 火 Fire (Kangxi 86)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

Fruit on top hangs over meat with fire below -- fruit and meat slow-cooking over fire until they ripen to perfection.

In words:

- 熟語 じゅくご — idiom,idiomatic phrase,kanji compound
- 未熟 みじゅく — inexperience;unripeness;raw;unskilled;immature;inexperienced
- 成熟 せいじゅく — maturity;ripeness

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