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)?}

1. (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

• 諡(し)号(ごう) (shigō, posthumous name for non-worship purposes)
• 年(ねん)号(ごう) (nengō, era name that can be used as posthumous name)