即

See also: 卽 and 既

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

Translingual

Han character

即 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 日戈尸中 (AISL), four-corner 7772₀, composition ⿲⿰𠄌彐丶卩)

Derived characters

• 節

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		即
alternative 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／会意) : 皀 (“ancient round-mouthed food vessel”) + 卩 (“to kneel”) – to come near to eat; to approach.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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
14. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	即
Kyūjitai	卽

Kanji

即

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

Readings

• Go-on: 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(そく)時(じ) (sokuji)
• 即(そく)発(はつ) (sokuhatsu): immediate explosion
• 即(そっ)興(きょう) (sokkyō)
• 即(そっ)刻(こく) (sokkoku)
• 当(とう)意(い)即(そく)妙(みょう) (tōisokumyō)

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

Alternative spelling
卽 (kyūjitai)

Adverb

即(そく) • (soku) 

1. immediately

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Korean

Hanja

即 (eum 즉 (jeuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

即: Hán Nôm readings: tức

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