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ㄕ ˋ

shì

smiling face

谥 is a 12 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as shì in the fourth tone, however it can also be pronounced as yì.

In traditional Chinese the characters 諡 or 謚 may be used instead.

It is made up of the components 讠 (speech) and 益 (benefit).

  • 谥
    ㄕ ˋ

    shì

    smiling face

    • 讠
      ㄧㄢ ˊ

      yán

      speech

    • 益
      ㄧ ˋ

      yì

      benefit

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 谥

shì
yì

Definitions for 谥 pronounced as shì

  • posthumous name or title
  • to confer a posthumous title
  • variant of 諡|谥[shi4]

Definitions for 谥 pronounced as yì

  • smiling face

Vocabulary

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