Alternate Kanji     also translates to Sensei but literally means anicent sage or Confucius    It translates to sensei Its pronounced that way but it translates into English at any rate as ancient sage and usually refers to Confucius But it has absolutely nothing to do with the word covered by this article and the kanji are not alternates for  The coincidence of pronunciation is just that a coincidence Nothing more nothing less     Im only asking if the kanji I listed is a archic version of the current kanji used Plus Confucius was a teacher so it cant be said mere coincidence    Suite yourself But  is not an archaic version of  and the coincidence of pronunciation is just that This is not at all a rare phenomenon in Japanese in fact it is the Chinese that you should be tracking down Whether  and  are pronounced the same in Chinese I do not know In any case if you introduce into the article your assumption about the two character strings being related or variant spellings of the same word you will have to substantiate the assertion with a reliable source as per WPATT All other discussion is irrelevant to Wikipedia and does not belong here