# 伏羲
## Chinese

* 伏羲 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Fuxi (English)

### 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): fuk$^6$ hei$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Fúxī
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Fúsi
*** Wade–Giles: Fu$^2$-hsi$^1$
*** Yale: Fú-syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwushi
*** Palladius: Фуси (Fusi)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fuk$^6$ hei$^1$
*** Yale: fuhk hēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fuk$^9$ hei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fug$^6$ héi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊk̚² hei̯⁵⁵/
* 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uk̚/ | /xie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fú | xī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fuk$^6$ | hei$^1$ |
* 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 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: [ɸɯ̟k̚ʲkʲi]
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ɡʲi]

### Proper noun

伏(ふっ)羲(き) or 伏(ふく)羲(ぎ) • (Fukki or Fukugi)
* (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)
* 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”).