廟号

Japanese

Kanji in this term
廟	号
びょう Jinmeiyō	ごう Grade: 3
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
廟號 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Chinese 廟號／庙号 (miàohào, literally “temple title”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びょーごー [byòógóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːɡo̞ː]

Noun

廟(びょう)号(ごう) • (byōgō) ^{←べうがう (beugau)^?}

(historical) a temple name (posthumous names for Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese monarchs, used for worshiping them in their dedicated temples; often contains the characters 祖 (“ancestor”, founder of the dynasty) and 宗 (“lineage”))

See also

<ruby>諡<rp>(</rp><rt>し</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>号<rp>(</rp><rt>ごう</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (shigō, posthumous name for non-worship purposes)
<ruby>年<rp>(</rp><rt>ねん</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>号<rp>(</rp><rt>ごう</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (nengō, era name that can be used as posthumous name)

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