Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

650 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac

Kunyomi: いま.だ ま.だ ひつじ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

来(みらい)   future [n.]

完成(みかんせい)   unfinished

払い(みはらい)   unpaid

婚(みこん)   unmarried

成年(みせいねん)   minority (as in age) [n.]

熟な(みじゅくな)   inexperienced, immature

前代聞(ぜんだいみもん)   unheard-of

だ(いまだ/まだ)   as yet

Onyomi Examples

not yet, un-

解決 ミカイケツ unsolved, unresolved, unsettled, pending, outstanding

過現 カゲンミ past, present and future, three states of existence

央柳 ビヨウヤナギ Chinese hypericum (Hypericum monogynum)

ヒノトヒツジ Fire Sheep (44th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1907, 1967, 2027)

ツチノトヒツジ Earth Sheep (56th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1919, 1979, 2039)

Kunyomi Examples

まだ still, as yet, only, (not) yet, more, (more) still, at least, comparatively, relatively, unfinished, incomplete, not yet done

だかつて いまだかつて not until now, never yet

まだ still, as yet, only, (not) yet, more, (more) still, at least, comparatively, relatively, unfinished, incomplete, not yet done

だしも まだしも rather, better

ひつじ the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Ram, the Goat, hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm), south-southwest, sixth month of the lunar calendar

ひつじぐさ pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)

かのとひつじ Metal Sheep (8th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1931, 1991, 2051)

きのとひつじ Wood Sheep (32nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1955, 2015, 2075)