伏ふく羲

Chinese

		conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit	surname; name of an emperor
simp. and trad. (伏ふく羲)		伏ふく	羲
alternative forms		庖羲 宓羲 虙羲 伏ふく犧／伏ふく牺 炮犧／炮牺 庖羲 宓羲 虙羲 伏ふく犧／伏ふく牺 炮犧／炮牺 庖犧／庖牺 包つつみ犧／包つつみ牺 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	伏ふく	羲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	並なみ (3)	曉あかつき (32)
Final (韻いん)	屋や (4)	支ささえ (13)
Tone (調しらべ)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	房ぼう六ろく切きり	許もと羈切きり
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	伏ふく	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	伏ふく	羲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	3333	13059
Phonetic component	伏ふく	我わが
Rime group	職しょく	歌うた
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	伏ふく	犧
Old Chinese	/*bɯɡ/	/*hŋral/

Proper noun

伏ふく羲

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

Usage notes

In modern Chinese, 伏ふく羲 (Fúxī) is generally understood as the personal name of a specific legendary or mythological figure. 伏ふく羲氏 (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

• 伏ふく羲氏

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
伏ふく儀ぎ

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

Alternative spelling
伏ふく儀ぎ

Etymology

From Chinese 伏ふく羲 (Fúxī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟k̚ʲkʲi]

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ɡʲi]

Proper noun

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

1. (Chinese mythology) Fuxi
   • 2000 November 2, Ryū Fujisaki, “第だい(だい)190(ひゃくきゅうじゅう)回かい(かい)　歴れき(れき)史ふみ(し)の道みち(みち)標しめぎ(しるべ)十じゅう(じゅう)六ろく(ろく)—伏ふく(ふっ)羲(き)— [Chapter 190: History’s Guidepost Sixteen: Fuxi]”, in 封ふう(ほう)神かみ(しん)演えんじ(えん)義よし(ぎ) [Investiture of the Gods], volume 22 (fiction; paperback), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 85:

     我わが(わ)が名な(な)は伏ふく(ふっ)羲(き)‼始はじめ(はじ)まりの人ひと(ひと)が一いち(ひと)人ひと(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
伏ふく	羲

Proper noun

伏ふく羲 • (Bokhui) (hangeul 복희)

1. hanja form^? of 복희 (“Fuxi”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
伏ふく	羲

Proper noun

伏ふく羲

1. chữ Hán form of Phục Hy (“Fuxi”).