Game concept · All Under Heaven
Entrant
The game also links it as Entrants.
From the game's encyclopedia
An Entrant is a character testing their mettle against the Civil Service Examination Activity.
The game's text for patch 1.20.1.2. Words in blue are entries of the encyclopedia: hover one to read it, as in the game.
Entrant is an entry of Crusader Kings III's in-game encyclopedia (All Under Heaven). The game explains it: "An Entrant is a character testing their mettle against the Civil Service Examination Activity." It is part of Civil Service Examination. The game also links it as Entrants. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/game_concepts/tgp_game_concepts.txt and game/localization/english/game_concepts_l_english.yml.
Source: game/common/game_concepts/tgp_game_concepts.txt, game/localization/english/game_concepts_l_english.yml and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2.