未 — not yet, un-

み未 not yet

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+672A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #650 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #216 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

not yet
un-

word

み mi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

未(み) mi not yet 未(み) 来(らい) mirai future 未(み) 満(まん) miman less than 未(み) 知(ち) michi unknown 未(み) 定(てい) mitei undecided 未(み) 成(せい) 年(ねん) miseinen minor 未(み) 明(めい) mimei early dawn 未(み) 然(ぜん) mizen before it happens

いま ima Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

未(いま) だに imadani still

ま ma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

未(ま) だ mada still

Appears in idioms

前代未聞四字熟語

before, substitute, not yet, hear

前人未到四字熟語

before, person, not yet, arrival

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

き木 tree #75

Used as component in (5)

いもうと妹 younger sister あじ味 flavor みせる魅 fascination しゅ朱 vermilion まい昧 dark

Indicative compound (指事). A tree (木) with branches not yet fully grown. The sense of incompletion gives the meaning not yet.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree