Radical 14-1未 Wèi, not yet

Radical 14-1 未 Wèi, not yet

"Each year the leaves and buds grow on branches that stretch out over the earth while the trunk grows ever higher!!! “  

In this pictogram, the character未 Wèi indicates a twisting tree whose branches grow vigorously upwards while the roots grow deep into the ground. All this represents a mature tree, which has almost reached an age where it will start to flower.

This character represents the idea that “the right time is not yet here”. It is used to mean “not yet”, 未曾 not yet done, 未知 uncertain, 未定 not yet confirmed, 未完 not yet finished,未來 in the future.

未濟Wèijì “before it happened”,thelast hexagram of the I King (Book of change), indicates a period of great effort or concentration as if made when one is about to complete something.

In the hexagram the unbroken lines (一yang) are in soft positions while the broken lines (-- yin) are in strong positions.

Li, fire or sun ☲（離 lí ）is above water ☵（坎 kǎn）, the idea it communicates is of the sun rising over the sea at dawn. This hexagram also gives the idea of an unfinished project, which has to be carefully completed. Even when the rebirth cycle is still to be initiated, we have to be ready. Even if we still cannot see the end to certain projects they still give us hope for the future.

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Elaborated by M°Dante Basili /M°Stefano Danesi  Translated by Neil Berry