Dictionary

posthumous name en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (historical) A respectful alias used in Chinese or sometimes more broadly East Asian contexts to refer to a dead person, particularly royalty.
   • The posthumous names of early Chinese rulers were often variations of a few words like "the martial one" 武 (wǔ), "the literary one" 文, and "the filial one" 孝 (xiào), but by the Tang they had become so long that people began using rulers' temple names or era names instead.

Forms

Translations (16)

vi tên hèm (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · ko 시호 (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · ja 諡号 (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · ja 諡 (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · vi tên cúng cơm (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · fi postuumi nimi (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · cmn 諡 /谥 (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · vi thụy hiệu (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · cmn 謚 /谥 (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · cmn 諡號 /谥号 (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · cmn 謚號 /谥号 (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · vi hiệu bụt (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · fi kuolemanjälkeinen nimi (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · es nombre póstumo (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · fr nom posthume (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts) · ru посмертный титул (respectful name used for a dead person in Chinese or East Asian contexts)