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未 is an ideogram showing a tree with an added upper stroke, emphasizing that it has not yet fully grown or fruited. It resembles 木 (tree) and 末 (tip), but its top horizontal stroke is shorter than the second. From this botanical image comes its core meaning of "not yet", denoting something that has not occurred. It functions mainly as a negative adverb and also represents the eighth Earthly Branch in the traditional calendar.
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未来是美好的。
他未参加比赛。
这是一个未知数。
他未必会来。
我未曾去过北京。
未成年不能喝酒。
虽然计划未定，但我们继续准备。
此项研究尚未得出明确结论。