未
未 — Un-
un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram
On’yomiミ (mi)
On’yomiビ (bi)
Kun’yomiいまだ (imada)
Kun’yomiまだ (mada)
Kun’yomiひつじ (hitsuji)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 未
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未明 | みめい mimei | early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning |
| 未満 | みまん miman | less than; under; below |
| 未来 | みらい mirai | (distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave |
| 未定 | みてい mitei | not yet fixed; undecided; pending |
| 未遂 | みすい misui | failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.) |
| 未婚 | みこん mikon | unmarried; not yet married |
Study notes
未 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #650 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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