Is ich pronounced ick?

Is ich pronounced ick? Ich in German is not pronounced exactly as ick, though close for English speakers, but has soft guttural sound. Ich means I in German, pronounced with ch sound that is not k but soft hissing sound like in English hue or soft sh. Pronunciation is /ɪç/ with ich-Laut, which is soft palatal fricative, produced with tongue near palate, breathy h sound, not hard k. For English speakers, ick is approximation but not accurate, as ch in ich is softer, like saying ick but with breathy h at end, not hard k stop. In some southern German dialects, ich may sound closer to ick, but standard High German uses soft ch. So ich is not pronounced exactly ick, but close, with soft ch rather than hard k, sounding like ish with breathy h, often described as ee-ch with soft ch. So answer is not exactly ick, but soft ich-Laut.