Fuxi
English
Alternative forms
- Fu Xi
- Fu Hsi, Fu-hsi (dated)
- Fo Hi, Fo-hi, Fo-Hi, Fo-Hsi, Fo-hsi, Fou Hi, Fou-hi (obsolete)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the modern Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 伏羲 (Fúxī), variously understood and treated as a solar god, protoplast, culture hero, legendary emperor, and protohistorical tribal chief or as an imperial or prehistoric dynasty (氏, shì) in China before the Xia. The two characters may be phonetic but have the meaning "concealed from", "submitting to", or "prostrate before" 羲 (xī), a character that also appears in the name of the early solar goddess 羲和 (“Xīhé”), q.v.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /fuʃiː/
- (China) IPA(key): /fuɕi/
Proper noun
Fuxi
Translations
References
- “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 478
Anagrams
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