伏羲

Fúxī

proper noun

Meanings

1 Fuxi, the first of the legendary Three Sovereigns, credited with inventing the eight trigrams

Characters

to lie prostrate

used in names, as in Fuxi

Examples

HSK 7-9

传说伏羲画出了八卦。

Chuánshuō Fúxī huàchū le bāguà.

Legend says Fuxi drew the eight trigrams.

HSK 7-9

在神话里，伏羲和女娲是兄妹，也是人类的始祖。

Zài shénhuà lǐ, Fúxī hé Nǚwā shì xiōngmèi, yě shì rénlèi de shǐzǔ.

In myth, Fuxi and Nüwa are brother and sister, and the first ancestors of humankind.

Tips

culture

Han dynasty tomb carvings show him and 女娲 with human bodies and intertwined snake tails, he holding a carpenter's square and she a compass. Besides the 八卦, he is credited with teaching people to fish and hunt with nets.

Stroke Order

伏 fú

羲 Xī