次元

Chinese
 
number of times; order; sequence
number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)
 
primary; first; fundamental
primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
trad. (次元) 次 元
simp. #(次元) 次 元

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 次(じ)元(げん) (jigen)

Pronunciation

Noun

次元

  1. (chiefly ACG) dimension (especially in science fiction, fantasy)

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
次 元
じ
Grade: 3		 げん
Grade: 2
kan’yōon kan’on

Etymology

Appeared in 数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書 (Sūgaku ni Mochiiru Ji no Ei-Wa Taiyaku Jisho, “Vocabulary of mathematical terms in English and Japanese”) of 1889 as a translation of English dimension.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

次(じ)元(げん) • (jigen) ←じげん (zigen)?

  1. a dimension

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Chinese: 次元 (cìyuán)
  • → Korean: 차원 (chawon)
  • → Vietnamese: thứ nguyên

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “次元”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
次元

Noun

次元 • (chawon or McCune-Reischauer: ch'awŏn or Yale: chawen) (hangeul 차원)

  1. Hanja form? of 차원 (“dimension”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
次元

Adjective

次元

  1. chữ Hán form of thứ nguyên (“dimensional”).
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