谥 (shì): a posthumous name or title

Meanings

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

Characters

谥

shì

posthumous name or title

Examples

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'.

岳飞的谥号是武穆。

Yuè Fēi de shìhào shì Wǔmù.

Yue Fei's posthumous title is 'Wumu'.

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

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