谥
yìshì

to confer posthumous titles

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

益
益 Sound component
yì benefit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

謚 to confer posthumous titles Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

益
益 Sound component
yì benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢliɡs
qleɡ

說文解字

笑皃。从言益聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)