사차원

Korean

Alternative forms

• 4차원 (4chawon)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 四次元.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)t͡ɕʰa̠wʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)차원]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sachawon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sachawon
McCune–Reischauer?	sach'awŏn
Yale Romanization?	sā.chawen

Noun

사차원 • (sachawon) (hanja 四次元/4次元)

1. four dimensions, four-dimensional

Coordinate terms

• 영차원(零次元) (yeongchawon)
• 일차원(一次元) (ilchawon)
• 이차원(二次元) (ichawon, “the fictional world”)
• 삼차원(三次元) (samchawon, “the real world”)