wèi
not yet
Original meaning:
tree trunk
Similar to 木 (tree), with extra branches added. Based on the original meaning "tree trunk", now written as 枚. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
Modernwèi
not yet; 8th terrestrial branch; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m[ə]t-s | mj+jH | wèi | not yet |
*m[ə]t-s | mj+jH | wèi | 8th earthly branch |
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 65.1770% of movies
593rd most common character in movies
385th most common character in books
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+672A |
Shuowen | “未，味也，六月滋味也。五行，木老於未，象木重枝葉也。” |
季旭昇《說文新證》p.981
