Where does “二次元” come from?

二次元 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 二次元, from Japanese 二, from Middle Chinese 二 — two.

二次元 (Chinese): the 2D world; the fictional world

Definitions

  1. the 2D world; the fictional world

Ancestry of “二次元”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese二次元the second dimension; the 2D world; the...
2Japanese二two, 2; second; two
3Middle Chinese二two
Every word from Middle Chinese 二 →Every word from Japanese 二 →Every word from Japanese 二次元 →