博士

Etymology
Attestable since at least the Eastern Han dynasty. In modern Mandarin, a.

Noun

 * 1) doctorate; Ph.D.
 * 2) doctor someone with a Ph.D.
 * 3)  court academician (in feudal China)
 * 4)  master; person with a particular skill
 * 5)  learned scholar; polymath
 * 6)  carpenter; woodworker
 * 1)  court academician (in feudal China)
 * 2)  master; person with a particular skill
 * 3)  learned scholar; polymath
 * 4)  carpenter; woodworker
 * 1)  learned scholar; polymath
 * 2)  carpenter; woodworker
 * 1)  carpenter; woodworker

Descendants
Others:
 * → Chinese:, ,
 * → Chinese:
 * → Chinese:, ,
 * → Chinese:
 * → Chinese:

Etymology 1
From

Noun

 * 1) a doctor

Etymology 2
Ultimately from. Unattested in extant texts, but likely borrowed in the Old Japanese period, being an official title in the ritsuryō system.

Noun

 * 1)  a court academician
 * 2) a doctor
 * 3) an expert
 * 1) an expert
 * 1) an expert