noun
posthumous name; posthumous title
A name or title given to a person after death, especially in historical East Asian contexts. Often appears in compounds like 諡号 (しごう). The standalone reading し is less common than おくりな for the same meaning.
中国の皇帝には、死後に諡が贈られた。
Chinese emperors were given a posthumous name after death.
この人物の諡は文献によって異なる。
The posthumous name of this person varies depending on the document.
諡号 is the more common compound for 'posthumous name', while 諡 (し) is a shorter, less frequent standalone form.
おくりな is the native Japanese reading for the same concept and is more commonly used in modern Japanese than し.
The kanji 諡 is used specifically for posthumous names. The reading し is the on'yomi. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the character has been used in this sense since ancient China.