未
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wèi · not yet

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HSK 3.0 · Level 6Frequency #752
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Character anatomy

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未
Complete decomposition unavailableThis character is currently indexed as a single visual form.
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Shape and proportion

5Total strokes

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Single-componentCharacter structure

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木Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 未

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wèiWords pronounced wèi
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Example sentences

Notice where 未 sits in each complete thought.

Zhè shì wèi lái.这是未来。

This is the future.

Source: Tatoeba #3703861 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yǐ qián cóng wèi jiàn guò zhè yàng de shì qíng.我以前从未见过这样的事情。

I've never seen anything like this before.

Source: Tatoeba #10783863 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fā guāng de wèi bì dōu shì jīn zǐ.發光的未必都是金子。

All that glitters is not gold.

Source: Tatoeba #806207 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā děng le yòu děng, dàn tā shǐ zhōng wèi yǒu huí lái.她等了又等,但他始終未有回來。

She waited and waited, but he never returned.

Source: Tatoeba #1451778 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi yǒu kē xué jiù méi yǒu wèi lái.没有科学就没有未来。

Without science, there is no future.

Source: Tatoeba #3625277 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gěi wǒ tán tán nǐ wèi lái de jì huà.给我谈谈你未来的计划。

Tell me about your program for the future.

Source: Tatoeba #1045387 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 未 in context

  1. Say wèi, then recall the core meaning: not yet.
  2. Write all 5 strokes while keeping the single-component balanced.
  3. Use it in 未来 (wèi lái), meaning “future”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 未 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.