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

Stroke order

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 or ㇯艮㇒)

Derived characters

㑡, 唧, 揤, 楖, 䐚, 蝍, 鯽 (鲫), 䳭 (𱉼), 節, 莭, 堲

Additional Derived Characters

𪠂, 𠨞, 𮱍, 𡖖, 𭅼, 𣩃, 𭅽
𡸎, 𪡰, 𣌸, 𪺜, 𬅖, 𬅔, 𪪗, 𡷦, 𪃹, 𣡑

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

Unihan data for U+2F82F

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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jí, jì (ji², ji⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji²

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jǐ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zik¹

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): zeak⁷

(Taishan, Wiktionary): det²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chit

(Hailu, HRS): zid

(Meixian, Guangdong): jid⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): jieh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): cĭ
Eastern Min (BUC): cék
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zih⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chit / chek / chiak

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziag⁴ / ziêg⁴

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jieg⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷ciq / ⁷tsiq / ⁸ciq / ⁷tsieq
- (Jinhua): ⁷tsiq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jí
  - Wade–Giles: chi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
- (nonstandard or dialectal)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jì
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴
  - Yale: jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ji²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: jǐ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zik¹
  - Yale: jīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: zeak⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sək̚⁴⁴/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: det²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tet̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chit
  - Hakka Romanization System: jid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sit̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zid
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sit⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕit̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛiʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zih⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zih⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
  - Tâi-lô: tsit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cid
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
  - Tâi-lô: tsik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
  - Tâi-lô: tsiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siak̚⁵/

Note:

chit - vernacular;
chek/chiak - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ziag⁴ / ziêg⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiak / tsiek
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siak̚²/, /t͡siek̚²/

Note:

ziag4 - Shantou;
ziêg4 - Chaozhou.

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: jieg⁴
- Sinological IPA: /t͡siek̚⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Yixing, Jiaxing, Haining, Deqing, Hangzhou, Xiaoshan, Fuyang, Shaoxing, Cixi, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ⁷ciq
  - MiniDict: cih^入
  - MiniDict: cieh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Yixing): /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Deqing): /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕieʔ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡ɕieʔ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Jiading, Chuansha, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jingjiang, Tongxiang)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tsiq
  - MiniDict: tsih^入
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡siɪʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /t͡siɪʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡siɪʔ⁴³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /t͡siəʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡siɪʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /t͡sieʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /t͡siəʔ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁸ciq
  - MiniDict: cih^入
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕiəʔ²/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tsieq
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡siʌʔ⁴⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tsiq
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡siəʔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsik

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

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

(obsolete) to come near to eat
to approach; to come near; to be near
若即若離／若即若离 ― ruòjíruòlí ― to maintain a lukewarm relationship
- 虎將即禽，禽不知虎之即己也，而相鬥兩罷，而歸其死於虎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  虎将即禽，禽不知虎之即己也，而相斗两罢，而归其死于虎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Hǔ jiāng jí qín, qín bùzhī hǔ zhī jí jǐ yě, ér xiàng dòu liǎng bà, ér guī qí sǐ yú hǔ. [Pinyin]
  A tiger is about to approach [two] beasts. The beasts are not aware that the tiger is approaching themselves, and instead fought among themselves such that they both became exhausted. In the end they would both die in the hands of the tiger.
to ascend; to go up; to assume office
即位 ― jíwèi ― to ascend to the throne
prompted by the occasion
即興／即兴 ― jíxìng ― to improvise; to extemporise
(literary) if; assuming that
(literary) even if; even though
namely; that is; to be the same as; i.e.
天竺即今日之印度。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Tiānzhú jí jīnrì zhī Yìndù. [Pinyin]
Tianzhu is the same as today's India.
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. [Pinyin]
In an emergency situation, please call the police immediately.
now; at present
在即 ― zàijí ― to be imminent
a surname
(Southern Min, determiner) this
- Synonym: 這 / 这 (chit)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (即):

→ Japanese: 即(そく) (soku)
→ Korean: 즉(卽) (jeuk)
→ Vietnamese: tức (卽)

Compounds

References

“即”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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

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)

Etymology

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

Alternative spelling
卽 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟]
(Tokyo) そく [sóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]

Adverb

即(そく) • (soku)

immediately

Prefix

即(そく) • (soku-)

(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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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))

alternative form of 卽 (“immediately; in other words”)

Vietnamese

Han character

即: Hán Việt readings: tức

Variant of 卽, see there for more details.

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

[1]

[2]