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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “次元”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: 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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