燧人氏
suì​rén​shì

Suirenshi

  • created reference approved 燧人氏 → 燧人 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    燧人氏 suì​rén​shì

    燧人 suì​rén

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 燧人氏 · suì​rén​shì · Suirenshi — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    燧人氏

    suì​rén​shì

    Suirenshi

    Legendary prehistoric ruler, one of the Three Augusts, who is said to have discovered how to make fire by friction and taught people to cook food.

    燧 (literal) → 燧 · suì · fire-starting tool 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person of a type 氏 (bound) → 氏 · shì · [honorific suffix]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense