Hanja Analyzer
即

即 — jeuk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
곧 즉
Romanization
jeuk
English
promptly, quickly, immediately
Mandarin
jí
Japanese on'yomi
ソク, ショク
Japanese kun'yomi
つ.く つ.ける すなわ.ち
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,167 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Variant forms
卽
Radical
卩 (26, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+5373

Parts that make up 即

  • 艮 괘이름 간 돌아보는 눈‘간·안·한’ 계열의 소리
  • 卩 몸기 절, 병부 절 무릎 꿇은 사람몸을 굽혀 따르는 일

How 即 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 即 as a ideographic compound involving 皀, 卩.

Japanese words with 即

  • 即時そくじ prompt; immediate; in real time
  • 即日そくじつ (on) the same day
  • 即座そくざ immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu
  • 即するそくする to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to
  • 即位そくい accession to the throne; enthronement
  • 即効そっこう immediate effect; instant effect
  • 即興そっきょう improvisation; improvised; impromptu
  • 即刻そっこく immediately; at once; instantly
  • 即席そくせき impromptu; improvised; extempore
  • 即戦力そくせんりょく ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm)
  • 即売そくばい selling on the spot
  • 即答そくとう immediate reply

Characters sharing the phonetic 即

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “즉” in Korean.

Other hanja read “즉”

Other hanja with radical 卩

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