| Chinese Text Project |
| 未 U+672A |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 木+ 1 strokes = 5 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.358#43 Kangxi: p.509#05 Cihai: p.665r4c01 GSR: 531.a Hanyu: v2,p1150#01 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𠃥 朱 𦓤 𨚘 𫨃 𫨴 佅 𪜬 𠇠 𪟾 𠛐 抺 𡶎 沬 𢓛 𦍎 𭘕 𣳕 𫭆 𫭥 [More] |
| Mandarin: | wèi ㄨㄟˋ |
| Cantonese: | mei6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *miə̀i |
| Shuowen: | 《未部》未：味也。六月，滋味也。五行，木老於未。象木重枝葉也。凡未之屬皆从未。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·未·未》未：辰名。《爾雅》云：太歳在未曰協洽。無沸切，八。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·木部·木部》未：《唐韻》《集韻》《類篇》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤無沸切，音味。《說文》未，味也。六月，百果滋味已具，五行木老於未，象木重枝葉之形。《爾雅·釋天》太歲在未曰協洽。《禮·月令註》季夏者，斗建未之辰也。又《前漢·律歷志》昧薆於未。《釋名》未，昧也。日中則昃，向幽昧也。又《玉篇》未猶不也，未有不，卽有也。又未央，複姓。見《李淳風·乙巳占》。 |
| Fanqie: | 無沸 (《廣韻·去聲·未·未》) |
| Unihan definition: | not yet; 8th terrestrial branch |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 不好犯上，而好作亂者，未之有也。 |
| There have been none, who, not liking to offend against their superiors, have been fond of stirring up confusion. | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 未聞以道殉乎人者也。 |
| I have not heard of one's principles being dependent for their manifestation on other men. | |
| 《禮記·三年問》: | 哀痛未盡，思慕未忘，然而服以是斷之者，豈不送死者有已，復生有節哉？ |
| The sorrow and pain were not yet ended, and the longing loving thoughts were not yet forgotten; but in the termination of the mourning dress in this way, was it not shown that there should be an end to the duties rendered to the dead, and that the time was come for the resumption of their duties to the living? | |
| 《孝經·庶人》: | 故自天子至於庶人，孝無終始，而患不及者，未之有也。 |
| Therefore from the Son of Heaven down to the common people, there never has been one whose filial piety was without its beginning and end on whom calamity did not come. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「未之好也。」 |
| Yangzi said: This is not loving to learn. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 有魚焉，其廣數千里，未有知其脩者，其名為鯤。 |
| In it there is a fish, several thousand li in breadth, while no one knows its length. Its name is the kun. | |
| 《道德經》: | 荒兮其未央哉！ |
| But how wide and without end is the range of questions (asking to be discussed)! | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 語曰：『愚者闇於成事，知者見於未萌。』 |
| The saying runs: 'The stupid do not even understand an affair when it has been completed, but the wise see it even before it has sprouted.' | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 夫未戰而廟算勝者，得算多也。 |
| Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 疑則不言，未問則不言1。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 夫樹曲木者惡得直景，人君不直其行，不敬其言者，未有能保帝王之號，垂顯令之名者也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 雖從俗而不能終，猶宜未平於心。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 傳曰：夫行露之人許嫁矣，然而未往也，見一物不具，一禮不備，守節貞理，守死不往，君子以為得婦道之宜，故舉而傳之，揚而歌之，以絕無道之求，防汙道之行乎！ |
| 《大戴禮記·禮三本》: | 大昏之未發齊也，廟之未納尸也，始卒之未小斂也，一也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 此未踰年之君當稱子，嫌為改赴。 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 諸侯聽獄斷刑，仁於治，陳於行，其由此守而不存，攻而不得，戰而不勝者，自古而至于，今自天地之辟也，未之嘗聞也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 歲餘，上欲廢太子，立戚氏夫人子趙王如意，大臣多爭，未能得堅決者也。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 民之初載，其矇未知，譬如寶在於玄室，有所求而不見，白日照焉，則群物斯辯矣。 |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 《書》云：『義刑義殺，勿庸以即汝心，惟曰未有慎事。』 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 夫此四子者，耳目聰明，忠信廉勇，未必無儔也，而及其成名立績，德音令問不已，而有所以然，夫何故哉？ |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 使命吉之人，雖不行善，未必無福。 |
| 《太玄經·羡》: | 陽氣贊幽推包，羡爽未得正行。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 楊雄好之，天下孝廉、衛卒交會，周章質問，以次注續，二十七年，爾乃治正，凡九千字，其所發明，猶未若《爾雅》之閎麗也，張竦以為懸諸日月不刊之書。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣名》: | 請天子命曰未可以戚先王，請諸侯命曰未可以近先君，請大夫命曰未可以從先子。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 夫位輕而政重者，未之有也。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 未有舍忠，而成於務。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 天下人民，野居穴處，未有室屋，則與禽獸同域。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 府史以下未有爵命，號為庶人，及庶人皆無廟，四時祭于寢也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 術士冠、前圓，吳制邐迤四重，趙武靈王好服之，今者不用，其說未聞。 |
| 《墨子·經說下》: | 無：讓者酒，未讓始也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 太易者，未見氣也：太初者，氣之始也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·博選》: | 德音者，所謂聲也，未聞音出而響過其聲者也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 老子曰：夫人從欲失性，動未嘗正也，以治國則亂，以治身則穢，故不聞道者，無以反其性，不通物者，不能清靜。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 關尹子曰：「觀道者如觀水，以觀沼為未足，則之河，之江，之海，曰：『水至也。』」 |
| 《列仙傳·安期先生》: | 始皇即遣使者徐市、盧生等數百人入海，未至蓬萊山，輒逢風波而還 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 常名當如嬰兒之未言，雞子之未分，明珠在蚌中，美玉處石間，內雖昭昭，外如愚頑。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 出其父母懷衽之中，生未嘗見寇耳。 |
| 《慎子·民雜》: | 君之智，未必最賢於眾也，以未最賢而欲以善盡被下，則不贍矣。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 齊未亡一錢幣，修使三年而代服。 |
| 《公孫龍子·跡府》: | 仲尼聞之曰：『楚王仁義而未遂也。』 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 六曰道遠日暮，士眾勞懼，倦而未食，解甲而息。 |
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