TSUMUGU · A1 (est.) · 字
未
ㄨㄟˋ · wèi
adverb — not yet; have not
字源 FORM — what the parts do
未形a tree with extra new branches crowded at the top — boughs still leafing out, not yet full-grown
A tree (木) with an added line across the top, drawing the young upper branches still pushing out — growth not yet complete. From "not finished" comes the everyday "not yet": 未來 the future (what hasn't come), 未必 not necessarily, 尚未 not yet.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一棵小樹頂上又冒新枝，葉子還沒長齊。
A young tree pushes fresh branches at its crown, the leaves not yet filled in.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)未、還沒— not yet常用
→未來— the future (what has not come)常用
→未必、尚未— not necessarily; not yet
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension