即

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

• 節, 揤

• KangXi: 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

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.

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 example)

   • 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.

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. [Pinyin]

   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. [Pinyin]

   In an emergency situation, please call the police immediately.

9. now; at present

   在即  ―  zàijí  ―  to be imminent

10. a surname

• “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–

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

• 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)

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

即(そく) • (soku) 

1. immediately

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

即 (eumhun 곧 즉 (got jeuk))

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

即: Hán Nôm readings: tức

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