即

See also: 卽 and 既

即 U+5373, 即 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5373 ← 卲 [U+5372] CJK Unified Ideographs 却 → [U+5374]

即 U+2F82F, 即 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F82F ← 博 [U+2F82E] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 卽 → [U+2F830]

Translingual

Han character

即 (radical 26, 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 日戈尸中 (AISL), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿰⿺⿻㇙㇔彐卩)

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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Chinese

simp. and trad.		即
variant forms		卽 皍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 即
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (即) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
卪	*ʔsiːɡ
癤	*ʔsiːɡ
幯	*ʔsiːɡ
節	*ʔsiːɡ
蝍	*ʔsiːɡ, *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
蠞	*ziːɡ
堲	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ, *zɯɡ
唧	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
楖	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsriɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
揤	*ziɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
櫛	*ʔsriɡ
瀄	*ʔsriɡ
擳	*ʔsriɡ
即	*ʔsɯɡ
鯽	*ʔsɯɡ, *ʔseɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 皀 (“ancient round-mouthed food vessel”) + 卩 (“to kneel”) – to come near to eat; to approach.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí, jì (ji², ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chit
• Min Bei (KCR): cĭ
• Min Dong (BUC): cék
• Min Nan (POJ): chit / chek
• Wu (Wiktionary): jiq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
      
  • (nonstandard or dialectal)⁺
    • Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹
    • Yale: jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chit
    • Hakka Romanization System: jid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jid⁵
    • IPA: /t͡ɕit̚²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cĭ
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡si²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cék
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
    • Tâi-lô: tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cid
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
    • Tâi-lô: tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/

Note:

• chit - vernacular;
• chek - literary.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: jiq (T4)
  • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sɨk̚/▼

Rime
Character	即
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子力切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	即	即
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ tsik ›	‹ tsik ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ik/	/*[ts]ik/
English	go to	thereupon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	即
Reading #	1/1
No.	5725
Phonetic component	即
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	即
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯɡ/
Notes	甲文象即食卪非聲

Definitions

即

1. ^† to come near to eat
2. ^† to approach; to come near; to be near
3. ^† to ascend; to go up; to assume office
4. ^† prompted by the occasion
5. ^† though; although
6. ^† if; assuming
7. ^† even if; even though
8. ^† then
9. ^† while
10. ^† as soon as
11. namely; that is; to be the same as; i.e.
12. ^† promptly; quickly; immediately; at once
13. ^† at present; today

Compounds

• 一拍即合 (yīpāijíhé)
• 一觸即潰／一触即溃
• 一觸即發／一触即发 (yīchùjífā)
• 不即不離／不即不离
• 不死即傷／不死即伤
• 俯拾即是
• 即世 (jíshì)
• 即事 (jíshì)
• 即事即理
• 即事詩／即事诗
• 即今
• 即令
• 即位 (jíwèi)
• 即位登龍／即位登龙
• 即使 (jíshǐ)
• 即便 (jíbiàn)
• 即刻 (jíkè)
• 即即
• 即可 (jíkě)
• 即吉
• 即墨之戰／即墨之战
• 即墨侯
• 即夜 (jíyè)
• 即將／即将 (jíjiāng)

• 即席 (jíxí)
• 即席演奏
• 即心即佛
• 即戎
• 即或
• 即政
• 即日 (jírì)
• 即早兒／即早儿
• 即是 (jíshì)
• 即時／即时 (jíshí)
• 即時作業／即时作业
• 即時新聞／即时新闻 (jíshí xīnwén)
• 即景
• 即景會心／即景会心
• 即景生情
• 即期匯票／即期汇票
• 即溜
• 即漸／即渐
• 即目
• 即真
• 即興／即兴 (jíxìng)
• 即興表演／即兴表演
• 即色宗
• 即身成佛

• 即鹿無虞／即鹿无虞
• 在即 (zàijí)
• 捨近即遠／舍近即远
• 搖筆即來／摇笔即来
• 旋即
• 當即／当即 (dāngjí)
• 登即
• 目即
• 目即成誦／目即成诵
• 相即相入
• 相次即世
• 瞬即
• 稍縱即逝／稍纵即逝
• 空即是色 (kōng jí shì sè)
• 立即 (lìjí)
• 若即若離／若即若离
• 著即
• 趕即／赶即
• 迅即 (xùnjí)
• 遂即
• 隨即／随即 (suíjí)
• 隨插即用／随插即用
• 非死即傷／非死即伤

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Japanese

Shinjitai	即
Kyūjitai	卽

Kanji

即

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 卽)

Readings

• Goon: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: つく (tsuku, 即く); すなわち (sunawachi, 即ち); もし (moshi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 即時 (そくじ) (sokuji)
• 即発 (そくはつ) (sokuhatsu): immediate explosion
• 即 (そっ)興 (きょう) (sokkyō)
• 即刻 (そっこく) (sokkoku)
• 当意即妙 (とういそくみょう) (tōisokumyō)

Kanji in this term
即
そく Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) そ​く [sóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

即 (hiragana そく, rōmaji soku)

1. immediately

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Korean

Hanja

即 • (jeuk) (hangeul 즉, revised jeuk, McCune–Reischauer chŭk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

即 (tức)

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