"秀才" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /si̯u⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒai⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒøy⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /siu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /siu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/, /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯¹/, /sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/, /sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /si̯u⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/, /sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒai⁵³/, /sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒøy⁵³/, /siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/, /siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/, /siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/, /siu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/, /siu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/, /siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵⁵/, /ɕiɤ³³ ze⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: xiùcái [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sau³ coi⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sau³ coi⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], siu-chhòi [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], séu-cài, séu-còi, siù-châi [Hokkien, POJ], siu³ zai⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵shieu-ze, xiùcái [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], xiùcai [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄘㄞ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], siòucåi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsiu⁴-tsʻai⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syòu-tsai [Mandarin, Yale], shiow.tsair [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сюцай [Mandarin, Palladius], sjucaj [Mandarin, Palladius], sau chòih [Cantonese, Yale], sau chói [Cantonese, Yale], sau³ tsoi⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sau³ tsoi⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], seo³ coi⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], seo³ coi⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], siu-chhòi [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], xiu coiˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], xiu⁴ coi² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], séu-cài [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], séu-còi [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], siù-tsâi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], siuozaai [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], siù tsâi [POJ, Teochew], ⁵shieu-ze [Wu], shieu^去 ze [Wu], ²xieu-ze [Wu], /ɕiɤ³³ ze⁴⁴/ [Wu], sjuwH dzoj [Middle-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 秀才
  1. (historical) licentiate (scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college) Tags: historical Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-秀才-zh-noun-eWJp5xDR Disambiguation of Occupations: 26 29 26 20 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 5 34
  2. (historical) person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor Tags: historical Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-秀才-zh-noun-diM-BLMz Disambiguation of Occupations: 26 29 26 20 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 5 34
  3. (by extension) scholar; intellectual; person of knowledge Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Education, Occupations
    Sense id: en-秀才-zh-noun-d8wvnF7C Disambiguation of Education: 42 0 58 0 Disambiguation of Occupations: 26 29 26 20
  4. (Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll with one face of four in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game Tags: Hokkien, Philippine Categories (topical): Dice games, Occupations Synonyms: 一秀
    Sense id: en-秀才-zh-noun-Y-dFL31X Disambiguation of Occupations: 26 29 26 20 Categories (other): Philippine Hokkien, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 5 34 Topics: dice, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 人士 (rénshì) [literary], 儒生 (rúshēng) [literary], 士人 (shìrén) [literary], 學人 (xuérén), 学人 (xuérén), 學士 (xuéshì), 学士 (xuéshì), 學者 (xuézhě), 学者 (xuézhě), 文人 (wénrén), 文人墨客 (wénrénmòkè), 文士 (wénshì), 書生 (shūshēng), 书生 (shūshēng), 知識人, 知识人, 知識分子, 知识分子, 讀冊人 [Hokkien], 读册人 [Hokkien], 讀書人 (dúshūrén), 读书人 (dúshūrén), 騷人 (sāorén), 骚人 (sāorén), 騷人墨客 (sāorénmòkè), 骚人墨客 (sāorénmòkè), 騷客 (sāokè), 骚客 (sāokè), 墨客 (mòkè) Synonyms (scholar who has passed): 生員 (shēngyuán), 生员 (shēngyuán) Disambiguation of 'scholar who has passed': 46 7 43 4 Derived forms: 女秀才, 尺二秀才, 廩膳秀才, 廪膳秀才, 文選爛,秀才半, 文选烂,秀才半, 毛秀才 (máoxiùcái), 白鶴秀才, 白鹤秀才, 秀才不出門,能知天下事/秀才不出门,能知天下事 (xiùcái bù chūmén, néng zhī tiānxià shì), 秀才人情, 秀才作醫,如菜作虀, 秀才作医,如菜作虀, 秀才造反, 秀才遇到兵——有理說不清/秀才遇到兵——有理说不清 (xiùcái yùdào bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng), 飽學秀才, 饱学秀才, 麴秀才 (qūxiùcái), 曲秀才 (qūxiùcái)

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɕɨᵝːsa̠i] Forms: 秀才 [canonical] (ruby: (しゅう), (さい)), shūsai [romanization], siusai [romanization], しうさい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /sɨusai/ → /ɕɨusai/ → /ɕuːsai/ Appears already in texts from 718 CE. From Middle Chinese 秀才 (MC sjuwH dzoj, literally “outstanding + ability, talent”). Etymology templates: {{wp|lang=ja}}, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しゅうさい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|秀才|id=1,1|lit=outstanding + ability, talent}} 秀才 (MC sjuwH dzoj, literally “outstanding + ability, talent”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しゅうさい|hhira=しうさい}} 秀(しゅう)才(さい) • (shūsai) ^(←しうさい (siusai)?)
  1. (historical) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-秀才-ja-noun-C9wjyZdi Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15
  2. (historical) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-秀才-ja-noun-s2cZcix2 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15
  3. (historical) a xiucai, licentiate (scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college) Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-秀才-ja-noun-QreAm3b5 Disambiguation of People: 4 6 23 12 23 24 4 6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 13 24 14 3 3 16 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 21 32 14 4 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 15 22 10 3 3 16 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 24 21 33 14 4 5
  4. (historical) a person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-秀才-ja-noun-dOgRH7tO Disambiguation of People: 4 6 23 12 23 24 4 6 Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11
  5. (by extension) a scholar, intellectual, person of knowledge Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-秀才-ja-noun-0FDWbzNW Disambiguation of People: 4 6 23 12 23 24 4 6
  6. (by extension) a prodigy, a brilliant person Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-秀才-ja-noun-z1Cy7b4R Disambiguation of People: 4 6 23 12 23 24 4 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 菅秀才 (Kan Shūsai, eldest son of Sugawara no Michizane in a jōruri narrative) (ruby: (かん), 秀才(しゅうさい))
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [sɨᵝsa̠i] Forms: 秀才 [canonical] (ruby: (), (さい)), susai [romanization]
Etymology: /sɨusai/ → /susai/ Shift in reading of historical siusai reading. Appears in the Utsubo Monogatari of 970–999 CE. This reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese. Etymology templates: {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|すさい}} 秀(す)才(さい) • (susai)
  1. (historical, obsolete) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service Tags: historical, obsolete
    Sense id: en-秀才-ja-noun-C9wjyZdi1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15
  2. (historical, obsolete) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination Tags: historical, obsolete
    Sense id: en-秀才-ja-noun-s2cZcix21 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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        "scholar; intellectual; person of knowledge"
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      "id": "en-秀才-zh-noun-d8wvnF7C",
      "links": [
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar"
        ],
        [
          "intellectual",
          "intellectual"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) scholar; intellectual; person of knowledge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Philippine Hokkien",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Dice games",
          "orig": "zh:Dice games",
          "parents": [
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 28 5 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 29 26 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "zh:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a dice roll with one face of four in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game"
      ],
      "id": "en-秀才-zh-noun-Y-dFL31X",
      "links": [
        [
          "dice game",
          "dice game"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ],
        [
          "roll",
          "roll"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll with one face of four in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "一秀"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dice",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiùcái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau³ coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau³ coi⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu-chhòi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "séu-cài"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "séu-còi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siù-châi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu³ zai⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵shieu-ze"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiùcái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiùcai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄘㄞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siòucåi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsiu⁴-tsʻai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syòu-tsai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiow.tsair"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сюцай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjucaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau chòih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau chói"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau³ tsoi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau³ tsoi⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo³ coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo³ coi⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu-chhòi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiu coiˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiu⁴ coi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯u⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "séu-cài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "séu-còi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒøy⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siù-tsâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siuozaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siù tsâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵shieu-ze"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shieu^去 ze"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²xieu-ze"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɕiɤ³³ ze⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjuwH dzoj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯u⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒøy⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɤ³³ ze⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "46 7 43 4",
      "roman": "shēngyuán",
      "sense": "scholar who has passed",
      "word": "生員"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 7 43 4",
      "roman": "shēngyuán",
      "sense": "scholar who has passed",
      "word": "生员"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rénshì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "人士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rúshēng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "儒生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìrén",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "士人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xuérén",
      "word": "學人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xuérén",
      "word": "学人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xuéshì",
      "word": "學士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xuéshì",
      "word": "学士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xuézhě",
      "word": "學者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xuézhě",
      "word": "学者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wénrén",
      "word": "文人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wénrénmòkè",
      "word": "文人墨客"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wénshì",
      "word": "文士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shūshēng",
      "word": "書生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shūshēng",
      "word": "书生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "知識人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "知识人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "知識分子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "知识分子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "讀冊人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "读册人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dúshūrén",
      "word": "讀書人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dúshūrén",
      "word": "读书人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sāorén",
      "word": "騷人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sāorén",
      "word": "骚人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sāorénmòkè",
      "word": "騷人墨客"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sāorénmòkè",
      "word": "骚人墨客"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sāokè",
      "word": "騷客"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sāokè",
      "word": "骚客"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mòkè",
      "word": "墨客"
    }
  ],
  "word": "秀才"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kan Shūsai, eldest son of Sugawara no Michizane in a jōruri narrative",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "菅",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "秀才",
          "しゅうさい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "菅秀才"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "lang": "ja"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "しゅうさい"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "秀才",
        "id": "1,1",
        "lit": "outstanding + ability, talent"
      },
      "expansion": "秀才 (MC sjuwH dzoj, literally “outstanding + ability, talent”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/sɨusai/ → /ɕɨusai/ → /ɕuːsai/\nAppears already in texts from 718 CE.\nFrom Middle Chinese 秀才 (MC sjuwH dzoj, literally “outstanding + ability, talent”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "秀才",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "秀",
          "しゅう"
        ],
        [
          "才",
          "さい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shūsai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siusai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しうさい",
      "roman": "siusai",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しゅうさい",
        "hhira": "しうさい"
      },
      "expansion": "秀(しゅう)才(さい) • (shūsai) ^(←しうさい (siusai)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service"
      ],
      "id": "en-秀才-ja-noun-C9wjyZdi",
      "links": [
        [
          "律令",
          "律令#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "examination",
          "examination"
        ],
        [
          "civil service",
          "civil service"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination"
      ],
      "id": "en-秀才-ja-noun-s2cZcix2",
      "links": [
        [
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          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 13 24 14 3 3 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 21 32 14 4 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 22 10 3 3 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 21 33 14 4 5",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 23 12 23 24 4 6",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "orig": "ja:People",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "a xiucai, licentiate (scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college)"
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      "id": "en-秀才-ja-noun-QreAm3b5",
      "links": [
        [
          "xiucai",
          "xiucai"
        ],
        [
          "licentiate",
          "licentiate"
        ],
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar#English"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass#English"
        ],
        [
          "college",
          "college#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) a xiucai, licentiate (scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 23 12 23 24 4 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ja:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor"
      ],
      "id": "en-秀才-ja-noun-dOgRH7tO",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "recommend",
          "recommend"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ],
        [
          "governor",
          "governor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) a person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 23 12 23 24 4 6",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "orig": "ja:People",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a scholar, intellectual, person of knowledge"
      ],
      "id": "en-秀才-ja-noun-0FDWbzNW",
      "links": [
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar"
        ],
        [
          "intellectual",
          "intellectual"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a scholar, intellectual, person of knowledge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 23 12 23 24 4 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ja:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a prodigy, a brilliant person"
      ],
      "id": "en-秀才-ja-noun-z1Cy7b4R",
      "links": [
        [
          "prodigy",
          "prodigy"
        ],
        [
          "brilliant",
          "brilliant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a prodigy, a brilliant person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しゅうさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕɨᵝːsa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "秀才"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/sɨusai/ → /susai/\nShift in reading of historical siusai reading. Appears in the Utsubo Monogatari of 970–999 CE.\nThis reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "秀才",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "秀",
          "す"
        ],
        [
          "才",
          "さい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "susai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "すさい"
      },
      "expansion": "秀(す)才(さい) • (susai)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service"
      ],
      "id": "en-秀才-ja-noun-C9wjyZdi1",
      "links": [
        [
          "律令",
          "律令#Japanese"
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        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "examination",
          "examination"
        ],
        [
          "civil service",
          "civil service"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, obsolete) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 21 18 8 7 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 15 20 9 2 3 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination"
      ],
      "id": "en-秀才-ja-noun-s2cZcix21",
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        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical, obsolete) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨᵝsa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "Utsubo Monogatari",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "秀才"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "ja:People",
    "zh:Education",
    "zh:Occupations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "女秀才"
    },
    {
      "word": "尺二秀才"
    },
    {
      "word": "廩膳秀才"
    },
    {
      "word": "廪膳秀才"
    },
    {
      "word": "文選爛,秀才半"
    },
    {
      "word": "文选烂,秀才半"
    },
    {
      "roman": "máoxiùcái",
      "word": "毛秀才"
    },
    {
      "word": "白鶴秀才"
    },
    {
      "word": "白鹤秀才"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiùcái bù chūmén, néng zhī tiānxià shì",
      "word": "秀才不出門,能知天下事/秀才不出门,能知天下事"
    },
    {
      "word": "秀才人情"
    },
    {
      "word": "秀才作醫,如菜作虀"
    },
    {
      "word": "秀才作医,如菜作虀"
    },
    {
      "word": "秀才造反"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiùcái yùdào bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng",
      "word": "秀才遇到兵——有理說不清/秀才遇到兵——有理说不清"
    },
    {
      "word": "飽學秀才"
    },
    {
      "word": "饱学秀才"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūxiùcái",
      "word": "麴秀才"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūxiùcái",
      "word": "曲秀才"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "秀才"
          },
          "expansion": "秀才",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "秀%才",
            "2": "しゅう%さい",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "秀(しゅう)才(さい) (shūsai)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "秀%才",
            "2": "す%さい",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "秀(す)才(さい) (susai)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "수재(秀才)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 수재(秀才) (sujae)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "秀才",
            "sc": "Hani"
          },
          "expansion": "秀才",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "tú tài",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "秀才"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: tú tài (秀才)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "秀才",
            "2": "しゅう%さい",
            "3": "수재",
            "4": "tú tài",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "秀才",
            "j2": "す%さい",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "秀才",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "秀%才",
            "v": "秀才",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (秀才):\n* → Japanese: 秀(しゅう)才(さい) (shūsai); 秀(す)才(さい) (susai)\n* → Korean: 수재(秀才) (sujae)\n* → Vietnamese: tú tài (秀才)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "しゅう%さい",
            "3": "수재",
            "4": "tú tài",
            "j": "秀%才",
            "j2": "す%さい"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (秀才):\n* → Japanese: 秀(しゅう)才(さい) (shūsai); 秀(す)才(さい) (susai)\n* → Korean: 수재(秀才) (sujae)\n* → Vietnamese: tú tài (秀才)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (秀才):\n* → Japanese: 秀(しゅう)才(さい) (shūsai); 秀(す)才(さい) (susai)\n* → Korean: 수재(秀才) (sujae)\n* → Vietnamese: tú tài (秀才)"
    },
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "xiucai",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: xiucai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "秀才",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "licentiate (scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "licentiate",
          "licentiate"
        ],
        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar#English"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass#English"
        ],
        [
          "college",
          "college#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) licentiate (scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "recommend",
          "recommend"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scholar; intellectual; person of knowledge"
      ],
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        [
          "scholar",
          "scholar"
        ],
        [
          "intellectual",
          "intellectual"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) scholar; intellectual; person of knowledge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Philippine Hokkien",
        "zh:Dice games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a dice roll with one face of four in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dice game",
          "dice game"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ],
        [
          "roll",
          "roll"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "一秀"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dice",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiùcái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau³ coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau³ coi⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu-chhòi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "séu-cài"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "séu-còi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siù-châi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu³ zai⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵shieu-ze"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiùcái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiùcai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄘㄞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siòucåi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsiu⁴-tsʻai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syòu-tsai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiow.tsair"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сюцай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjucaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau chòih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau chói"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau³ tsoi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau³ tsoi⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo³ coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo³ coi⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu-chhòi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiu coiˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiu⁴ coi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯u⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "séu-cài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "séu-còi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒøy⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siù-tsâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siuozaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siù tsâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵shieu-ze"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shieu^去 ze"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²xieu-ze"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɕiɤ³³ ze⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjuwH dzoj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯u⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sieu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒøy⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɤ³³ ze⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shēngyuán",
      "sense": "scholar who has passed",
      "word": "生員"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēngyuán",
      "sense": "scholar who has passed",
      "word": "生员"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "人士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rúshēng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "儒生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìrén",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "士人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuérén",
      "word": "學人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuérén",
      "word": "学人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuéshì",
      "word": "學士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuéshì",
      "word": "学士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuézhě",
      "word": "學者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuézhě",
      "word": "学者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wénrén",
      "word": "文人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wénrénmòkè",
      "word": "文人墨客"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wénshì",
      "word": "文士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shūshēng",
      "word": "書生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shūshēng",
      "word": "书生"
    },
    {
      "word": "知識人"
    },
    {
      "word": "知识人"
    },
    {
      "word": "知識分子"
    },
    {
      "word": "知识分子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "讀冊人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "读册人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dúshūrén",
      "word": "讀書人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dúshūrén",
      "word": "读书人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāorén",
      "word": "騷人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāorén",
      "word": "骚人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāorénmòkè",
      "word": "騷人墨客"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāorénmòkè",
      "word": "骚人墨客"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāokè",
      "word": "騷客"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāokè",
      "word": "骚客"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mòkè",
      "word": "墨客"
    }
  ],
  "word": "秀才"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "ja:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Kan Shūsai, eldest son of Sugawara no Michizane in a jōruri narrative",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "菅",
          "かん"
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        [
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      ],
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      "name": "wp"
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      "args": {},
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    },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "秀才",
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          "しゅう"
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          "才",
          "さい"
        ]
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      "form": "shūsai",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "しうさい",
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
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        ],
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          "pass",
          "pass#English"
        ],
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          "college",
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      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "recommend",
          "recommend"
        ],
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ],
        [
          "governor",
          "governor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) a person recommended for a government post by a provincial governor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a scholar, intellectual, person of knowledge"
      ],
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        [
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          "scholar"
        ],
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          "intellectual",
          "intellectual"
        ],
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          "person",
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        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a prodigy, a brilliant person"
      ],
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        [
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          "prodigy"
        ],
        [
          "brilliant",
          "brilliant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a prodigy, a brilliant person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しゅうさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕɨᵝːsa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "秀才"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
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        "nodots": "1"
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      "name": "C.E."
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/sɨusai/ → /susai/\nShift in reading of historical siusai reading. Appears in the Utsubo Monogatari of 970–999 CE.\nThis reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "秀才",
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          "秀",
          "す"
        ],
        [
          "才",
          "さい"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "susai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with historical senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses"
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        "in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, one of the subjects in the examination to enter the civil service"
      ],
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          "律令#Japanese"
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          "Japan",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses"
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        "in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination"
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          "pass",
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        "(historical, obsolete) in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan, someone who has passed such an examination"
      ],
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        "historical",
        "obsolete"
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨᵝsa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "Utsubo Monogatari",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "秀才"
}

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