Kanji N3

未: un-, not yet, hitherto

未 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning un-, not yet, hitherto, written with 5 strokes. It is read ミ, ビ (on) and いまだ, まだ, ひつじ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 未来 (みらい, future) and 未だ (まだ, still).

未

Meanings

  • un-
  • not yet
  • hitherto
  • still
  • even now
  • sign of the ram
  • 1-3PM
  • eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#650 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ミ
  • ビ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • いまだ
  • まだ
  • ひつじ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 未

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 未来みらい

    (distant) future

    JLPT N3
  • 未だまだ

    still; as yet; only

    JLPT N5
  • 未満みまん

    less than; under; below

    JLPT N2
  • 未定みてい

    not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD

    JLPT N1
  • 未婚みこん

    unmarried; not yet married

    JLPT N1
  • 未知みち

    not yet known; unknown; strange

    JLPT N1
  • 未熟みじゅく

    unripe; green; immature

    JLPT N1
  • 未練みれん

    lingering attachment; lingering affection

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.