# 即

| 即 | U+5373, &#21363; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5373 |
| ← 卲 [U+5372] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 却 → [U+5374] |
| 即 | U+2F82F, &#194607; 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 7772$_0$, composition ⿰⿲𠄌𫜹丶卩)

#### Derived characters

* 㑡, 𪠂, 𠨞, 唧, 𮱍, 𡖖, 揤, 𭅼, 楖, 𣩃, 䐚, 蝍, 𭅽, 鯽(鲫)
* 𱉼, 𡸎, 莭, 𣌸, 𪺜, 節, 𪡰, 𬅖, 𬅔, 𪪗, 堲, 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
### 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 |
| | 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 (ji$^2$, ji$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chit
    (Meixian, Guangdong): jid$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): cĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): cék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chit / chek / chiak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziag$^4$ / ziêg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$ciq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jí
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jí
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³⁵/
** (nonstandard or dialectal)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jì
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jì
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$
*** Yale: jì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ji$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^1$
*** Yale: jīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chit
*** Hakka Romanization System: jid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: jid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sit̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: jid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sit̚¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cék
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
*** Tâi-lô: tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cid
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
*** Tâi-lô: tsik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
*** Tâi-lô: tsiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siak̚⁵/
* chit - vernacular;
* chek/chiak - literary.
* 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 | zik$^1$ |
* 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 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd 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.
       Tiānzhú jí jīntiān de 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
       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

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

### Compounds

* 一拍即合 (yīpāijíhé)
* 一觸即潰 / 一触即溃 (yīchùjíkuì)
* 一觸即發 / 一触即发 (yīchùjífā)
* 不即
* 不即不離 / 不即不离 (bùjíbùlí)
* 不死即傷 / 不死即伤
* 事寬即圓 / 事宽即圆
* 俯拾即是
* 刻即
* 即且
* 即世 (jíshì)
* 即事 (jíshì)
* 即事即理
* 即事窮理 / 即事穷理
* 即事詩 / 即事诗
* 即今 (jíjīn)
* 即代
* 即令 (jílìng)
* 即位 (jíwèi)
* 即位登龍 / 即位登龙
* 即使 (jíshǐ)
* 即便 (jíbiàn)
* 即刑
* 即刻 (jíkè)
* 即即
* 即即世世
* 即即足足
* 即可 (jíkě)
* 即吉
* 即命
* 即夜 (jíyè)
* 即安
* 即將 / 即将 (jíjiāng)
* 即小見大 / 即小见大
* 即席 (jíxí)
* 即席演奏
* 即序
* 即心即佛
* 即心是佛
* 即忙
* 即戎
* 即或
* 即拜
* 即政
* 即敘 / 即叙
* 即日 (jírì)
* 即早 (jízǎo)
* 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
* 即此
* 即死 (jísǐ)
* 即溜
* 即溫聽厲 / 即温听厉
* 即漸 / 即渐
* 即炤 / 即照
* 即物窮理 / 即物穷理
* 即用
* 即留
* 即目
* 即真
* 即祚
* 即禽
* 即立
* 即興 / 即兴 (jíxìng)
* 即興表演 / 即兴表演
* 即色宗
* 即色空
* 即行
* 即裡漸裡 / 即里渐里
* 即路
* 即身成佛
* 即速 (jísù)
* 即阼
* 即鹿無虞 / 即鹿无虞
* 即墨 (Jímò)
* 即墨之戰 / 即墨之战
* 即墨侯
* 即墨牛
* 在即 (zàijí)
* 捨近即遠 / 舍近即远
* 搖筆即來 / 摇笔即来
* 旋即 (xuánjí)
* 是即
* 是即是
* 棄同即異 / 弃同即异
* 然即
* 當即 / 当即 (dāngjí)
* 登即 (dēngjí)
* 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 (shāozòngjíshì)
* 空即是色 (kōng jí shì sè)
* 立即 (lìjí)
* 若即若離 / 若即若离 (ruòjíruòlí)
* 若離若即 / 若离若即
* 著即
* 賡即 / 赓即 (gēngjí)
* 趕即 / 赶即
* 足律即留
* 跟即
* 迅即 (xùnjí)
* 速即
* 遂即
* 遽即
* 還即 / 还即
* 除服即吉
* 隨即 / 随即 (suíjí)
* 隨插即用 / 随插即用
* 離即 / 离即
* 非死即傷 / 非死即伤 (fēisǐjíshāng)
* 麾之即去

### References

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

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 即 |
| Kyūjitai | 卽 |

### Kanji

(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

* (Tokyo) そく [sóꜜkù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [so̞kɯ̟]

### 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 Nôm readings: tức
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.