shì

posthumous name

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

㿽 sound component

  Sound component

  

a small bowl

Evolution

諡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
諡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shì

posthumous name, posthumous title

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shì

posthumous name or title; to confer a posthumous title