Where does “自己意識” come from?

自己意識 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 意識, from Middle Chinese 意識.

自己意識 (Japanese): self-conscious, self-consciousness

Definitions

  1. self-conscious, self-consciousness

Ancestry of “自己意識”, step by step

自己意識 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 意識

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese意識consciousness; awareness; sense; awareness; be...
2Middle Chinese意識—

via Japanese 自己

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese自己self; oneself
Every word from Middle Chinese 意識 →Every word from Japanese 意識 →