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Kanji Detail for 未 - "not yet, sheep, future"

未

  • Meaning

    未 means "not yet, sheep, future."

    1. Not yet - Still to come.

    2. Future - What is ahead.

    3. Sheep - The eighth zodiac sign.

  • Words using 未

    • 未明 みめい Listen early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
    • 未来 みらい Listen (distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave
    • 未満 みまん Listen less than; under; below
    • 未定 みてい Listen not yet fixed; undecided; pending
    • 未婚 みこん Listen unmarried; not yet married
    • 未知 みち Listen not yet known; unknown; strange
    • 未解決 みかいけつ Listen unsolved; unresolved; unsettled
    • 未成年 みせいねん Listen minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person

  • Four-character idioms with 未

    • 前人未到 ぜんじんみとう Listen untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
    • 前代未聞 ぜんだいみもん Listen unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled)
    • 人跡未到 じんせきみとう Listen unexplored
    • 未来永劫 みらいえいごう Listen forevermore; for eternity
    • 未練未酌 みれんみしゃく Listen regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone

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    • Verified meaning: not yet, sheep, future
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さき, ひつじ, ひでみ, みあ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 未

    Given names 未(さき)Listen 未(ひつじ)Listen 未(ひでみ)Listen 未(みれい)Listen

    Surnames 未(みあ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    not yet; eighth earthly branch

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    not yet; 8th terrestrial branch

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The eighth of the twelve earthly branches. From 1 PM to 3 PM is the hour of wei. | The opposite of "already." Such as 已往與未來 (the past and the future). | A grammatical particle. Same meaning as 否. From Wang Wei's poem: "Have the cold plums bloomed yet?"

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bi(ビ) ビ

    mi(ミ) ミ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hitsuji(ひつじ) ひつじ

    ima.da(いま-だ) いま-だ

    ma.da(ま-だ) ま-だ

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    not yet future sheep time un- immature incomplete unfinished unripe zodiac ahead undeveloped unrealized untried

Sentences including 未

  • It's important for us to think about the future of the world.

  • I have never been to paris.

  • She is still under age.

  • His knowledge of french is poor.

  • Never have i seen such a thing.

  • To your future !

  • The plans are still up in the air.

  • He is always looking to the future.

  • I don't care a bit about the future.

  • She has not come here yet.

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