Now look at "surface" or "face" in Japanese.
2) 2D - surface or area Chinese 面 Native Japanese おもて（o-mo-te; 面 or face）
The common Japanese word for "surface" is かお (ka-o；顔). Another word for "face" is an old or 'classic' word - おも（o-mo; 面) or おもて（o-mo-te; 面). て（te) of おもて（o-mo-te; 面). is s suffix, probably derived from 手（te). which is originally for 'hand", showing a direction. A direction is often indicated by a hand.
おもて（o-mo-te; 面手、表) - front side
うらて（u-ra-te; 裏手) - back side
かみて（ka-mi-te; 上手) - up side, upper side
しもて（shi-mo-te; 下手) - down side. bottom side
やまのて(ya-ma-no-te; 山の手) - mountain (hill) side
おもて（o-mo-te; 面手、表) usually refer to " front side surface" not ' surface'. A Native Japanese word for "surface" does not seem to have been developed. We usually use the Chinese origin sound めん(me-n; 面, Chinese: mian). ひょうめん（hyou-men; 表面) is more like " front side surface".
Anyway Native Japanese is very poor for "surface".
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