諡し

Meanings

A name or title given to a person after death, especially in historical East Asian contexts. Often appears in compounds like 諡号 (しごう). The standalone reading し is less common than おくりな for the same meaning.

See also: 贈り名 (おくりな) · 諡号 (しごう)

中ちゅう国ごくの皇こう帝ていには、死し後ごに諡しが贈おくられた。
Chinese emperors were given a posthumous name after death.
この人じん物ぶつの諡しは文ぶん献けんによって異ことなる。
The posthumous name of this person varies depending on the document.

Kanji

諡posthumous name
謚laughing

Related words

諡し号ごう
諡号 is the more common compound for 'posthumous name', while 諡 (し) is a shorter, less frequent standalone form.
おくりな
おくりな is the native Japanese reading for the same concept and is more commonly used in modern Japanese than し.

Word family

諡し号ごう
posthumous name
諡し法ほう
rules for assigning posthumous names

Written forms

諡し
Standard kanji form for the posthumous name sense; the reading おくりな is more common for this meaning, but し is used in compounds like 諡号.
謚し
Variant kanji form; less common than 諡.

Etymology

The kanji 諡 is used specifically for posthumous names. The reading し is the on'yomi. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the character has been used in this sense since ancient China.