高辛氏

Gāoxīnshì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Gaoxin, another name of Di Ku (Emperor Ku), legendary ruler and great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor

Examples

HSK 5
Gāoxīnshì jiùshì chuánshuō zhōng de Dìkù.
Gaoxin is the legendary Emperor Ku.
HSK 6
Chuánshuō Shāngcháo hé Zhōucháo de zǔxiān dōu shì Gāoxīnshì de érzi.
Legend says the ancestors of both the Shang and the Zhou were sons of Gaoxin.

Tips

history
氏 marks a clan name, as in 神农氏 and 伏羲氏. 高辛 was the land he held before he took the throne, placed by tradition in today's Henan. The 《史记》 counts him among the 五帝, the Five Emperors.

Stroke Order

高 gāo
辛 xīn
氏 shì