諱
posthumous (real) name
17 strokes.
Readings
- いみな (kun reading): 諱 (いみな) real name (of a deceased person or a noble); 後の諱 (のちのいみな) posthumous name
- キ (on reading): 偏諱 (へんき) one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name); 避諱 (ひき) avoiding using a name (naming taboo in ancient China)
- いむ (kun reading)
Components
Words using 諱
- 諱 (いみな) real name (of a deceased person or a noble)
- 後の諱 (のちのいみな) posthumous name
- 偏諱 (へんき) one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name)
- 避諱 (ひき) avoiding using a name (naming taboo in ancient China)
- 忌諱 (きき) displeasure
- 偏諱を賜う (へんきをたまう) (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.)
- 遠諱 (おんき) semicentennial memorial service
8 words in all.