即位

See also: 卽位

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (即位)		即	位

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	即	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子力切	于愧切
Baxter	tsik	hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨk̚/	/ɦˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨk̚/	/ɦʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siek̚/	/ɣiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sik̚/	/ɦjwiH/
Li Rong	/t͡siək̚/	/ɣjuiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭək̚/	/ɣwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ək̚/	/wiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik1	wai6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	即	位
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ tsik ›	‹ hwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ik/	/*[ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
English	go to	standing, position
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	即	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5725	7865
Phonetic component	即	立
Rime group	職	內
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	即	位
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯɡ/	/*ɢʷrɯbs/
Notes	甲文象即食卪非聲

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek-ūi / chit-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-wei⁴
    • Yale: jí-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiwey
    • Palladius: цзивэй (czivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zik¹ wai⁶
    • Yale: jīk waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ wɐi̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 即位 職位 / 职位

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zek'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ui³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cit'ui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ ui²²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsik hwijH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ik  [ɢ]ʷrəp-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯɡ  ɢʷrɯbs/

Verb

即位

1. to take up a new post; to assume a new position
2. to ascend the throne; to succeed to the throne

Synonyms

• (to take up a new post):

edit

• 上任 (shàngrèn)
• 任事 (rènshì) (literary)
• 任職 / 任职 (rènzhí)
• 供職 / 供职 (gòngzhí) (literary)
• 做事 (zuòshì)
• 出任 (chūrèn)
• 到任 (dàorèn) (literary)
• 到職 / 到职 (dàozhí) (literary)
• 就事 (jiùshì) (literary)
• 就任 (jiùrèn)
• 就位 (jiùwèi)
• 就職 / 就职 (jiùzhí)
• 蒞任 / 莅任 (lìrèn) (literary)

• (to ascend the throne): 登基 (dēngjī), 繼位／继位 (jìwèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (即位):

• → Japanese: 即(そく)位(い) (sokui)
• → Korean: 즉위(卽位) (jeugwi)
• → Vietnamese: tức vị (即位)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-ūi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cit'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ ui³³/

Pronoun

即位

1. (Southern Min) Alternative form of 這位 / 这位 (zhèwèi, “here”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
即	位
そく Grade: S	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
卽位 (kyūjitai)

Noun

即(そく)位(い) • (sokui) 

1. enthronement

Verb

即(そく)位(い)する • (sokui suru) intransitive suru (stem 即(そく)位(い)し (sokui shi), past 即(そく)位(い)した (sokui shita))

1. ascend the throne

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	即位し	そくいし	sokui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	即位し	そくいし	sokui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	即位する	そくいする	sokui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	即位する	そくいする	sokui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	即位すれ	そくいすれ	sokui sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	即位せよ¹ 即位しろ²	そくいせよ¹ そくいしろ²	sokui seyo¹ sokui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	即位される	そくいされる	sokui sareru
Causative	即位させる 即位さす	そくいさせる そくいさす	sokui saseru sokui sasu
Potential	即位できる	そくいできる	sokui dekiru
Volitional	即位しよう	そくいしよう	sokui shiyō
Negative	即位しない	そくいしない	sokui shinai
Negative continuative	即位せず	そくいせず	sokui sezu
Formal	即位します	そくいします	sokui shimasu
Perfective	即位した	そくいした	sokui shita
Conjunctive	即位して	そくいして	sokui shite
Hypothetical conditional	即位すれば	そくいすれば	sokui sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "即位する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)