懂中文 Dong Chinese

謚

shì, yì

to confer posthumous titles

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

益 sound component

益  Sound component

yì

  

benefit

Evolution

謚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
謚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
謚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
謚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

谥 (謚) 

shì

to confer posthumous titles; variant of 諡|谥[shì]

谥 (謚) 

yì

smiling face