Onyomi: ビ, ミ · Kunyomi: いま.だ, ひつじ, ま.だ · Meanings: 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac, even now, hitherto, not yet, sign of the ram, still, un-
Kanji for 1-3pm, eighth sign of chinese zodiac, even now, hitherto, not yet
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The kanji 未 originally depicted a small branch of a tree growing upward. The horizontal lines represent the stem and the budding branches, with the longer line at the bottom showing the main trunk and the shorter line above it representing a branch that hasn’t fully grown yet. This imagery symbolized something **not yet complete or matured**, something still in progress. Over time, this evolved to mean “not yet,” “still,” or “un-,” capturing the sense of incompleteness or potential.
未 shows a young branch growing from a tree — something that isn’t fully grown yet, symbolizing “not yet” or “unfinished.”
Imagine a small branch sticking out from the tree, still short and not fully grown. That idea of “not yet complete” is 未.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 未 | み | not yet, un- | common Prefix |
| 未 | ひつじ | the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Ram, the Goat | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 味噌 | みそ | miso, fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 未来 | みらい | (distant) future | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 未満 | みまん | less than, under, below | common JLPT-N2 Noun, used as a suffix, Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 未定 | みてい | not yet fixed, undecided, pending, TBD | common JLPT-N1 Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 未知 | みち | not yet known, unknown, strange | common JLPT-N1 Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 未婚 | みこん | unmarried, not yet married | common JLPT-N1 Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 未熟 | みじゅく | unripe, green, immature | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 未練 | みれん | lingering attachment, lingering affection, regret, reluctance, ruefulness | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |