熟
shú HSK2

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