shì

to confer posthumous titles

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

益 sound component

  Sound component

  

benefit

Evolution

谥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
谥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
谥 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
谥 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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shì

to confer posthumous titles; variant of |[shì]

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smiling face

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shì

posthumous name or title; to confer a posthumous title