未
未·not yet
- On-yomi
- ミ
- Kun-yomi
- いま(だ)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未来 | みらい | future |
| 未定 | みてい | undecided, not yet fixed |
| 未満 | みまん | less than, under |
| 未婚 | みこん | unmarried |
Example sentences
未来のことは誰にも分からない。
みらいのことはだれにもわからない。
Nobody knows what the future holds.
会議の日はまだ未定です。
かいぎのひはまだみていです。
The date of the meeting has not been decided yet.
十八歳未満の人は入れません。
じゅうはっさいみまんのひとははいれません。
People under eighteen may not enter.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Confusing 未 with 末 — 週末 (weekend) vs 未満 (under)
- Reading 未 as まだ in compounds — before a noun it is ミ
Memory aid
Picture it
A tree 木 whose topmost branch is still the short one — the growth has not happened yet, so it means 'not yet'.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 未来みらいfuture
- 未だまだstill, (not) yet
- 未満みまんless than, under
- 未だにいまだにstill, even now
- 未練みれんlingering attachment, regret
- 前代未聞ぜんだいみもんunheard-of, unprecedented
- 未婚みこんunmarried; not yet married
- 未ひつじthe Sheep, eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac (1pm-3pm, south-southwest, the sixth month)
- 未知みちnot yet known; unknown; unfamiliar
- 未開みかいundeveloped; uncultivated; primitive; not yet civilized
- 未熟みじゅくimmature; inexperienced; unskilled; unripe
- 未定みていnot yet fixed; undecided; pending; to be announced
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