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谥

諡
shì
noun #67,170

Meanings

  1. 1 a posthumous name or title
  2. 2 to confer a posthumous title

Examples

HSK 1
岳飞的谥号是武穆。
Yuè Fēi de shìhào shì Wǔmù.
Yue Fei's posthumous title is 'Wumu'.
HSK 7-9
他死后，皇帝谥他为文正。
Tā sǐhòu, huángdì shì tā wéi Wénzhèng.
After his death the emperor conferred on him the posthumous title 'Wenzheng'.

Tips

history
A 谥号 was the honorific (or critical) title granted to an emperor, noble or great minister after death, summing up their life in a word or two, for example 文正 was the highest praise for a scholar-official.

Components

radical
讠 yán
speech; words
The speech radical 讠 (left-side form of 言) fits the meaning, a posthumous title is a verdict pronounced in words about a life.
phonetic
益 yì
benefit; increase
益 supplies the sound (shifted from yì to shì); the same phonetic appears in 溢 and 隘, and it carries no meaning here.

Stroke Order

谥 shì