Kanji 未

音読おんよみ: ミ・ビ

訓読くんよみ: いまだ

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 木(き)

Meaning

Not yet; still; to be; (zodiac) Sheep

  • 未来みらい — future
  • 未定みてい — undecided, pending
  • 未満みまん — less than, under
  • 未経験みけいけん — no experience
  • 未確認みかくにん — unconfirmed
  • 未成年みせいねん — minor (underage)

shows a tree 木 that hasn’t fully grown—its top line is shorter than the bottom. Compare with まつ, where the top line sticks out further; that one means “end.” So 未 naturally carries the sense of “not yet, still to come.”

In the zodiac, 未 is the eighth sign (the Sheep/Ram/Goat).

この計画けいかく未定みていです。
This plan is undecided.

その問題もんだい未解決みかいけつのままです。
The issue remains unresolved.

来
Creates
未来みらい — future
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