Chinese symbol for “adept”
娴熟
xián shú
Traditional: 嫻熟
adept; skilled
The closest CC-CEDICT match for adept is 娴熟 (xián shú), defined as: adept; skilled.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “adept”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 娴熟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娴静 (嫻靜) | xián jìng | gentle and refined |
| 娴雅 (嫻雅) | xián yǎ | refined; graceful |
| 娴淑 (嫻淑) | xián shū | ladylike |
| 成熟 | chéng shú | mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen |
| 熟悉 | shú xī | to be familiar with; to know well |
| 熟练 (熟練) | shú liàn | practiced; proficient |
| 熟知 | shú zhī | to be well acquainted with |
| 熟人 | shú rén | acquaintance; friend |
See also: Japanese symbol for “adept”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.