Keyword
not yet
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig229
Readings
(74%)
いま
(16%)
(8%)
Composed of
one
tree
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a tree with only two horizontal branches. It has not yet become a mature tree, because what's a tree with only two branches, right?

Do not confuse it with , which is not a tree but a grain plant.

Used in kanji (8 in total)
flavor
business
younger sister
charm
Used in vocabulary (242 in total)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
still; even now; to this day
Examples (93 in total)
Your future begins today.
I'm you from the future.
I come from the future.