Mnemonic comic for 未

Translation

wèi = w + ei4: not yet / 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°

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: the artist Ai Weiwei. Shortly after finishing a new installation in the Eiffel Tower’s bathroom (ei4), Ai Weiwei (未) is imprisoned by Willy Walrus (w), because—out of all places—Ai Weiwei put his new installation right into Willy Walrus’s toilet. Ai Weiwei’s installation is a Christmas tree (木) with a tiny, slightly tilted flute (一) on top. Ai Weiwei would really, really like to correct the tilted flute, but so far, Willy Walrus has not yet (未) let him out.

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未 character breakdown

未
- 一
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

Component Translations

一

yī = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

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木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

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Characters with 未 as component

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味

wèi = w + ei4

taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

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朱

zhū = zhu + Ø1

vermilion

Add a new mnemonic for 朱 = 丿 + 未

朱

硃

zhū = zhu + Ø1

cinnabar / see 硃砂|朱砂[zhu1 sha1]

Add a new mnemonic for 朱 = 丿 + 未

Add a new mnemonic for 硃 = 石 + 朱

Words with 未

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未

wèi

来

來

lái

future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending

从

從

cóng

未

wèi

never

未

wèi

婚

hūn

妻

qī

fiancée

Sentences with 未

你

nǐ

胎

tāi

毛

máo

未

wèi

干

gān

说

shuō

什

shén

么

大

dà

话

huà

Your puppy hair isn't even dry yet, how do you speak such big words?

Prompt snippets

The egg timer is a vintage, egg-shaped kitchen timer in glossy, sun-faded almond plastic. Its surface is etched with crisp black numerals, and a tactile, ticking heart beats rhythmically inside. When the time expires, a sharp, mechanical *brring* cuts through the air, demanding attention with nostalgic, analog urgency.