posthumous name

English

Noun

posthumous name (plural posthumous names)

1. An honorary name given to royalty, nobles, and sometimes others in East Asia (China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan) after the person's death.

Translations

posthumous title of a Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese emperor

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 謚號／谥号 (zh) (shìhào), 諡號／谥号 (zh) (shìhào), 谥号 (zh) (shìhào)

• French: nom posthume m
• Japanese: 諡号 (ja) (しごう, shigō), 諡 (ja) (おくりな, okurina)
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• Korean: 시호 (ko) (siho) (諡號 (ko))
• Russian: посмертный титул m (posmertnyj titul)
• Spanish: nombre póstumo m
• Vietnamese: thụy hiệu, hiệu bụt, tên hèm (vi), tên cúng cơm (vi) (informal)