即 — Chinese character
即
jí
promptly, quickly, immediately
- Pinyin
- jí
- Radical
- 26 ⼙ (Seal)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 卩
- Formation
- ideographic — A hungry person卩 kneeling over food 皀; compare 既
- Japanese
- 即 as a kanji
Common words with 即
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 立即 | lì jí | immediately |
| 即将 (即將) | jí jiāng | about to; on the point of; soon |
| 即可 | jí kě | equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth) |
| 即便 | jí biàn | even if; even though |
| 随即 (隨即) | suí jí | immediately; presently |
| 即时 (即時) | jí shí | immediate |
| 即刻 | jí kè | immediately; instant |
| 即兴 (即興) | jí xìng | improvisation (in the arts); impromptu |
| 即位 | jí wèi | to succeed to the throne; accession |
| 当即 (當即) | dāng jí | at once; on the spot |
| 旋即 | xuán jí | soon after; shortly |
English words written with 即
- immediate
- shortly
- namely
- prompted
- presently
- imminent
- accession
- transient
- fleeting
- impromptu
- improvisation
- transitory
即 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · I Ching 5 · Mencius 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.