即

Han character

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

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Kanji

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) そ​く [sóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

即 (hiragana そく, rōmaji soku)

1. immediately

References

Hanja

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

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Han character

即 (tức)

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