■ radical
jí
promptly
How it’s built
Depicts a kneeling person (卩) approaching a vessel of food (皀). Based on the original meaning "come to eat", which later shifted to "approach", "be near", and "be the same".
皀
meaning
seed; kernel; grain
卩
meaning
person
Appears in
Characters that use 即 as a component, most common first.