即

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See also: 卽 and 既
即 U+5373, 即
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5373
← 卲
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 却 →

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

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

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

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.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chit - vernacular;
  • chek/chiak - literary.
Note:
  • ziag4 - Shantou;
  • ziêg4 - Chaozhou.
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
Baxter tsik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡siek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sik̚/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siək̚/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ji
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zik1
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 		/*ik/ /*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. * 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. (obsolete) to come near to eat
  2. to approach; to come near; to be near
    若即若離／若即若离  ―  ruòjíruòlí  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. to ascend; to go up; to assume office
    即位  ―  jíwèi  ―  to ascend to the throne
  4. prompted by the occasion
    即興／即兴  ―  jíxìng  ―  to improvise; to extemporise
  5. (literary) if; assuming that
  6. (literary) even if; even though
  7. namely; that is; to be the same as; i.e.
    天竺即今天的印度。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Tiānzhú jí jīntiān de Yìndù.
    Tianzhu is the same as today's India.
  8. promptly; quickly; immediately; at once
    一觸即潰／一触即溃  ―  yīchùjíkuì  ―  to collapse on the first encounter
    如遇緊急情況請即報警。 [MSC, trad.]
    如遇紧急情况请即报警。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rú yù jǐnjí qíngkuàng qǐng jí bàojǐng.
    In an emergency situation, please call the police immediately.
  9. now; at present
    在即  ―  zàijí  ―  to be imminent
  10. a surname
  11. (Southern Min, determiner) this

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (即):
  • → Japanese: 即(そく) (soku)
  • → Korean: 즉(卽) (jeuk)
  • → Vietnamese: tức (即)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

即

Kyūjitai

卽

Kanji

即

(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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
即
そく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
卽 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adverb

即(そく) • (soku) 

  1. immediately

Prefix

即(そく) • (soku-) 

  1. (informal) immediate; instant
    即(そく)売(う)り切(き)れ
    soku-urikire
    selling out instantly
    即(そく)負(ま)け
    soku-make
    instant loss

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

即 (eumhun 곧 즉 (got jeuk))

  1. Alternative form of 卽 (“immediately; in other words”)

Vietnamese

Han character

即: Hán Nôm readings: tức

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