| not yet; 8thearthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | to come | ||
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| trad.(未來) | 未 | 來 | |
| simp.(未来) | 未 | 来 | |
| Literally: “(that which) has not come”. | |||
Originally a Buddhistcalque ofSanskritअनागत(anāgata,“not yetcome; future”,past participle), fromअन्-(an-,“not”) +आगत(āgata,“what has come”), from the verb rootआगम्(āgam,“to come”).
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 未 | 來 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 無沸切 | 洛哀切 |
| Baxter | mj+jH | loj |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉiH/ | /lʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷɨiH/ | /ləi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuəiH/ | /lɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mujH/ | /ləj/ |
| Li Rong | /miuəiH/ | /lᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwəiH/ | /lɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mwe̯iH/ | /lɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi | lái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei6 | loi4 |
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| Kanji in this term | |
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| 未 | 來 |
| み Grade: 4 | らい Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of未來 – see the following entry. | ||||||
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| (This term,未來, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
| Hanja in this term | |
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| 未 | 來 |
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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| 未 | 來 |
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