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谥

shì

Character Traditional 諡

What 谥 means

1. bound formposthumous name or title
2. literaryto confer a posthumous name or title

Other readings

谥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shìvariant of {谥|shì}

Words starting with 谥

• 谥号shì hàohonorary posthumous name; posthumous title

Words containing 谥

• 追谥zhuī shìto grant a posthumous honorary title or name

Characters built on 益

These share the phonetic component 益 (yì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 溢yìto overflow; (literary) excessive; old variant of 镒
• 镒yìancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang 两
• 缢yì(literary) to die by hanging or strangulation

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼