Pangu

This article is about Chinese mythology. For the iOS jailbreaking tool, see Pangu Team. For other uses, see Pangu (disambiguation).
Pangu
Portrait of Pangu from Sancai Tuhui
Traditional Chinese盤古
Simplified Chinese盘古
Literal meaningAncient dome
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPángǔ
Wade–GilesP'an2-ku3
IPA[pʰǎn.kù]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingpun4 gu2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJPhoân-kó͘
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/buɑn kuoX/
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Chinese folk religion
Stylisation of the 禄 lù or 子 zi grapheme, respectively meaning "prosperity", "furthering", "welfare" and "son", "offspring". 字 zì, meaning "word" and "symbol", is a cognate of 子 zi and represents a "son" enshrined under a "roof". The symbol is ultimately a representation of the north celestial pole (Běijí 北极) and its spinning constellations, and as such it is equivalent to the Eurasian symbol of the swastika, 卍 wàn.
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Zhenkong, "Void of Truth".
Zhenkong, "Void of Truth".

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Related religions

Pangu (Chinese: 盤古, PAN-koo) is a primordial being and creation figure in Chinese mythology and Taoism. According to the legend, Pangu separated heaven and earth, and his body later became geographic features such as mountains and roaring water.