伏羲

Chinese

		conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit	surname; name of an emperor
simp. and trad. (伏羲)		伏	羲
alternative forms		庖羲宓羲虙羲伏犧／伏牺炮犧／炮牺庖羲宓羲虙羲伏犧／伏牺炮犧／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

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/

Middle Chinese: bjuwk xje

Rime
Character	伏	羲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	東 (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/
Bernard 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

(Chinese mythology) Fuxi (a legendary ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero)
(～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 Hyōgaiji
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
伏儀

Kanji in this term
伏	羲
ふく > ふっ Grade: S	き Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Alternative spelling
伏儀

Etymology

From Chinese 伏羲 (Fúxī).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝk̚ʲkʲi]

IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɡʲi]

Proper noun

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

(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)—”, in 封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ) (封(ほう)神(しん)演(えん)義(ぎ)), 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)

Hanja form^? of 복희 (“Fuxi”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
伏	羲

Proper noun

伏羲

chữ Hán form of Phục Hy (“Fuxi”).

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