posthumous name; posthumous title
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)
Chinese emperors were given a posthumous name after death.
この人物の諡は文献によって異なる。
The posthumous name of this person varies depending on the document.
posthumous name
rules for assigning posthumous names
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.
Variant kanji form; less common than 諡.
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.