Sinograph Addenda · Signs
not-yet
| Name | not-yet |
|---|---|
| Reads | wèi |
| Means | not yet — the classical "still un-" |
| Taught in | 04 · Roots, tips, and borrowed sounds |
Where it comes from
The received account reads young growth at the top of the tree: what has not yet come to be. Its real work in the classics is as the word “not yet” — the classical “still un-“ — and, in this course, as the sound-carrier inside 味. Taught in the roots-and-tips chapter.
How to remember it
The tree’s newest branch, still soft: not yet. Everything the classics hope for and doubt lives in this character.
In the wild
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