娴熟
xián​shú

adept

娴 xián elegant Simplified

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

闲
闲 Sound component
xián fence

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

熟 shú well-cooked, ripe

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 孰 represents the sound.

Components

孰
孰 Sound component
shú who? which? what? which one?
灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyuwk[d]uk cooked, ripe

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

嫻 elegant Traditional

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

閑
閑 Sound component
xián fence

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡreːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang