Read Edit View history Discussion 即 jí HSK4 promptly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a kneeling person (卩) eating from a container of food (皀). Based on the original meaning "eat". The meaning later shifted to "come near", "approach", and "quickly". Pinyin Separate values with commas jí × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a container of food. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 即 Simp strokes 即 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 即 Simp strokes 即 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 即 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 247, 696 ], [ 257, 715 ], [ 405, 758 ], [ 433, 755 ], [ 465, 725 ], [ 469, 719 ], [ 448, 648 ], [ 417, 475 ] ], [ [ 247, 575 ], [ 258, 588 ], [ 307, 604 ], [ 365, 604 ] ], [ [ 244, 445 ], [ 265, 465 ], [ 377, 487 ], [ 389, 497 ] ], [ [ 173, 741 ], [ 206, 705 ], [ 215, 647 ], [ 219, 457 ], [ 205, 259 ], [ 208, 219 ], [ 257, 232 ], [ 374, 309 ], [ 393, 320 ], [ 405, 319 ] ], [ [ 368, 401 ], [ 452, 318 ], [ 468, 297 ], [ 479, 260 ] ], [ [ 649, 631 ], [ 664, 619 ], [ 825, 662 ], [ 839, 657 ], [ 856, 640 ], [ 845, 471 ], [ 832, 405 ], [ 818, 373 ], [ 788, 339 ], [ 701, 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234 263 Q 240 356 241 438 L 242 475 Q 242 523 242 566 L 241 597 Q 241 666 245 689 C 247 713 247 713 233 724 Q 211 743 192 751 Q 173 758 164 752 Q 154 745 163 729 Q 214 618 186 304 Q 183 253 143 203 Q 131 187 139 164 Q 149 136 163 124 Q 176 117 189 134 Q 211 170 404 312 Q 408 316 412 318 C 436 336 424 347 397 335 Z", "M 412 318 Q 463 251 476 248 Q 486 247 493 257 Q 500 270 498 298 Q 495 340 384 402 Q 371 408 364 407 Q 360 404 358 392 Q 358 386 397 335 L 412 318 Z", "M 655 596 Q 734 623 794 634 Q 809 635 812 632 Q 825 617 821 575 Q 818 460 795 408 Q 779 374 750 375 Q 728 378 708 383 Q 681 389 702 365 Q 745 326 766 296 Q 788 275 806 296 Q 836 321 855 363 Q 877 412 883 561 Q 886 613 902 640 Q 914 653 906 664 Q 896 674 842 694 Q 821 701 802 686 Q 771 665 636 632 C 607 625 627 586 655 596 Z", "M 588 -27 Q 594 -55 601 -65 Q 607 -72 615 -70 Q 631 -61 638 4 Q 647 86 644 169 Q 641 239 645 508 Q 645 556 655 596 C 660 618 660 618 636 632 Q 606 651 591 654 Q 578 658 560 649 Q 550 640 559 629 Q 563 619 570 609 Q 583 584 585 549 Q 588 401 583 167 Q 582 22 588 -27 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.