即

See also 卽

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 卽

Han character

即 (radical 26 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 日戈尸中 (AISL), four-corner 7772₀)

1. promptly, quickly, immediately

Derived characters

• 節

References

• KangXi: page 159, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2855
• Dae Jaweon: page 364, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 314, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5373

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Cantonese

Hanzi

即 (Yale jik1)

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Japanese

Kanji

即 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: そく (soku), しょく (shoku)
• Kun: つく (tsuku), すなわち (sunawachi), もし (moshi)

Compounds

即刻 (そっこく, sokkoku) 即時 (そくじ, sokuji)

即興 (そっきょう, sokkyō) 当意即妙 (とういそくみょう, tōisokumyō)

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Korean

Hanja

即 (hangeul 즉, revised jeuk, McCune-Reischauer chŭk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

即 (pinyin jí (ji2), Wade-Giles chi²)

1. namely; i.e.; that is
2. prompt
3. at once
4. at present
5. even if
6. prompted (by the occasion)
7. to approach
8. to come into contact
9. to assume office
10. to draw near

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Vietnamese

Han character

即 (tức)