未 wèi not yet; did not; have not


Used as component 未 in :妹 mèi Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 丨 gǔn line radical 2]
Similar looking characters : 木 mù (wood)
Made with 5 strokes.
The addition of an extra line to 'tree' suggests the growing tip and by extension something in progress of growing, giving the abstract notion of 'not yet'

Related characters


Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) ; 本 běn (root) ; 菜 cài (vegetable) ; 彩 cǎi (color) ; 茶 chá (tea) ; 柴 chái (firewood) ; 床 chuáng (bed) ; 杆 gān (pole) ; 果 guǒ (fruit) ; 机 jī (machine) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 桔 jú (tangerine) ; 棵 kē (of plants) ; 来 lái (arrive) ; 李 lǐ (plum) ; 梨 lí (pear) ; 林 lín (forest) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 棋 qí (board game) ; 秦 qín (Qin) ; 亲 qīn (parent) ; 柔 róu (soft) ; 杀 shā (to kill) ; 树 shù (tree) ; 术 shù (method) ; 宋 song (Song) ; 条 tiáo (strip) ; 闲 xián (to stay idle) ; 相 xiāng (each other) ; 校 xiào (school) ; 椅 yǐ (chair) ; 植 zhí (to plant) ; 枝 zhī (branch) ; 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 丨 gǔn component: 夫 fū (husband) 旧 jiù (old) ; 铺 pù (store) ; 书 shū (book) ; 行 xíng (permitted) ; 攸 yōu (distant) ; 直 zhí (straight) ; 中 zhōng (centre)

Sounds same

为 wèi (do) ; 位 wèi (position)

Different tone

囗 wéi (proud) ; 维 wéi (to preserve) ; 尾 wěi (tail)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 未
Stroke order for character 未, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Proverbs

迟开的花未必不香 chí kāi de huā wèi bì bú xiāng It's never too late to try something new
空穴来风未必无因 kōng xuè lái féng wèi bì wú yīn There are always clues that something is about to happen
乳臭未干 rǔ chòu wèi gān Infantile and immature
乳臭未干 rǔ chòu wèi gān Young and inexperienced
未雨绸缪 wèi yǔ chóu móu Plan ahead, be prepared
羽毛未丰 yǔ maó wèi fēng Still too young and immature