未 – un-, not yet, hitherto

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The kanji 未 means un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ミ、ビ (mi, bi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いま.だ、ま.だ、ひつじ (imada, mada, hitsuji). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ミ	mi
On’yomi	ビ	bi
Kun’yomi	いま.だ	imada
Kun’yomi	ま.だ	mada
Kun’yomi	ひつじ	hitsuji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: ｜・二・ハ・木・亠.

Words using 未

未来みらい(distant) future未みnot yet未満みまんless than未だいまだstill未開みかいuncivilized未婚みこんunmarried未熟みじゅくunripe未知みちnot yet known未定みていnot yet fixed未練みれんlingering attachment

Example sentences

あなたの未来に乾杯！

To your future!

Tatoeba #233007

新しい遺跡で未発掘はいくつだったのですか。

How many new sites were uncovered?

Tatoeba #145455

５歳未満の小人は、入場料は要りません。

There is no admission fee for children under five.

Tatoeba #235142

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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