伏羲

Chinese

		conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit	surname; name of an emperor
simp. and trad. (伏羲)		伏	羲
alternative forms		伏犧／伏牺 伏戲／伏戏 庖羲 宓羲 虙羲 伏犧／伏牺 伏戲／伏戏 庖羲 宓羲 虙羲 炮犧／炮牺 庖犧／庖牺 包犧／包牺 宓戲／宓戏 虙戲／虙戏

An Eastern Han tomb tile relief depicting Fuxi and his sister Nüwa as half-snake and bearing the sun and moon respectively

Etymology

Cf. 羲和 (“Xihe”), a solar goddess sometimes used as a personification of the sun.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fúsi
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-hsi¹
    • Yale: Fú-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwushi
    • Palladius: Фуси (Fusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ hei¹
    • Yale: fuhk hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² hei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuwk xje

Rime
Character	伏	羲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房六切	許羈切
Baxter	bjuwk	xje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuk̚/	/hˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/biuk̚/	/hᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/biuk̚/	/xiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwk̚/	/hjiə̆/
Li Rong	/biuk̚/	/xje/
Wang Li	/bĭuk̚/	/xǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uk̚/	/xie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fuk6	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ək  ŋ̊(r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯɡ  hŋral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伏	羲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fú	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuwk ›	‹ xje ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ək/	/*ŋ̊(r)aj/
English	lie prostrate	(proper name)
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	伏	羲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	3333	13059
Phonetic component	伏	我
Rime group	職	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	伏	犧
Old Chinese	/*bɯɡ/	/*hŋral/

Proper noun

伏羲

1. (Chinese mythology) Fuxi (a legendary ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero)
2. (～氏) (Chinese mythology, Chinese history) Fuxi clan (Fuxi understood as a dynastic name in Chinese mythology and prehistory)

Usage notes

In modern Chinese, 伏羲 (Fúxī) is generally understood as the personal name of a specific legendary or mythological figure. 伏羲氏 (Fúxī shì) was used in ancient Chinese both to refer to a tribal or imperial dynasty and as a title referring to a single one of its chieftains or emperors.

Synonyms

• 伏羲氏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伏	羲
ふく Grade: S	ぎ Hyōgai
kan'on	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
伏儀

Kanji in this term
伏	羲
ふく > ふっ Grade: S	き Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
伏儀

Etymology

From Chinese 伏羲 (Fúxī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟k̚ʲkʲi]

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ɡʲi]

Proper noun

伏(ふっ)羲(き) or 伏(ふく)羲(ぎ) • (Fukki or Fukugi) ^{←ふくき (Fukuki)?}

1. (Chinese mythology) Fuxi
   • 2000 November 2, Ryū Fujisaki, “第(だい)190(ひゃくきゅうじゅう)回(かい)　歴(れき)史(し)の道(みち)標(しるべ)十(じゅう)六(ろく)—伏(ふっ)羲(き)— [Chapter 190: History’s Guidepost Sixteen: Fuxi]”, in 封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ) [Investiture of the Gods], volume 22 (fiction; paperback), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 85:

     我(わ)が名(な)は伏(ふっ)羲(き)‼始(はじ)まりの人(ひと)が一(ひと)人(り)である!!!

     Waga na wa Fukki‼ Hajimari no hito ga hitori de aru!!!

     My name is Fuxi!! And I am the first human!!!

Korean

Hanja in this term
伏	羲

Proper noun

伏羲 • (Bokhui) (hangeul 복희)

1. hanja form^? of 복희 (“Fuxi”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
伏	羲

Proper noun

伏羲

1. chữ Hán form of Phục Hy (“Fuxi”).