English Explanatory Dictionary

Fuxi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A legendary ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero, typically the brother of Nüwa.

Pronunciation

/fuʃiː/ /fuɕi/

Word forms

Fuxi Fu Xi Fu Hsi Fu-hsi Fo Hi Fo-hi Fo-Hsi Fou Hi Fou-hi

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin 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.

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