次元

Chinese
 
number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)
 
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. dimension

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

Pronunciation

Noun

次元 (hiragana じげん, rōmaji jigen)

  1. a dimension
    • 1999 May 25, “オシロ・ヒーロー [Oscillo Hero]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
      異 (い)次 (じ)元 (げん)の世 (せ)界 (かい)からやってきた、なんだかよく分 (わ)からない戦 (せん)士 (し)。
      Ijigen no sekai kara yattekita, nandaka yoku wakara nai senshi.
      A warrior, about whom little is known, who comes from a world in a different dimension.
    • 2003 February 20, “異い次じ元げんトレーナー [Different Dimension Trainer]”, in 闇魔界の脅威 [Threat of the Dark Demon World], Konami:
      異 (い)次 (じ)元 (げん)に吸 (す)い込 (こ)まれてしまった哀 (あわ)れなゴブリン。しかし、今 (いま)新 (あら)たな目 (もく)標 (ひょう)に向 (む)かって日 (ひ)々 (び)努 (ど)力 (りょく)している。
      Ijigen ni suikomarete shimatta aware na goburin. Shikashi, ima arata na mokuhyō ni mukatte hibi doryoku shiteiru.
      A poor goblin who was sucked into a different dimension. However, he’s doing his best with his new destiny.

Derived terms

See also

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

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
次元

Noun

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

  1. Hanja form? of 차원 (“dimension”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
次元

Noun

次元

  1. Hán tự form of thứ nguyên (“dimension”).
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