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Chinese symbol for “skillful”

纯熟
chún shú
Traditional: 純熟
skillful; proficient

The closest CC-CEDICT match for skillful is 纯熟 (chún shú), defined as: skillful; proficient.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

纯 chún
pure, clean; simple, genuine
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes
熟 shú
well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
radical 86 ⽕ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “skillful”

WordPinyinMeaning
熟练 (熟練)shú liànpracticed; proficient
巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally
熟习 (熟習)shú xíto understand profoundly; well-versed

Related words

Other words that share a character with 纯熟.

WordPinyinMeaning
单纯 (單純)dān chúnsimple; pure
纯粹 (純粹)chún cuìpure; unadulterated
纯洁 (純潔)chún jiépure; clean and honest
纯净 (純淨)chún jìngpure; clean
纯属 (純屬)chún shǔto be purely; pure and simple
清纯 (清純)qīng chúnfresh and pure
成熟chéng shúmature; ripe; to mature; to ripen
熟悉shú xīto be familiar with; to know well

See also: Japanese symbol for “skillful”.

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.