秀才

Noun

 * 1)  licentiate
 * 2)  person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor
 * 3)  scholar; intellectual; person of knowledge
 * 4)  a dice roll with one face of four in a

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Etymology 1
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Appears already in texts from 718.

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Noun

 * 1)  in the  system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service
 * 2)  in the  system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination
 * 3)  a xiucai, licentiate
 * 4)  a person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor
 * 5)  a scholar, intellectual, person of knowledge
 * 6)  a prodigy, a brilliant person

Usage notes
The sense is the most common sense in modern usage.

Etymology 2
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Shift in reading of historical siusai reading. Appears in the  of 970–999.

This reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.

Noun

 * 1)  in the  system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service
 * 2)  in the  system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination