電脳

See also: 電腦 and 电脑

Japanese[edit]

Alternative spelling
電腦 (kyūjitai)

Borrowed from Chinese 電腦／电脑 (diànnǎo, literally “electronic brain”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Uncommon, and not included in all dictionaries.^[4] Sometimes described as a shortening of 電子頭脳(でんしずのう) (denshi zunō).^[5]

電(でん)脳(のう) • (dennō) ^{←でんなう (dennau)^?}

In popular culture, it is often used for stylistic or artistic effect, as a Sinitic two-kanji equivalent to コンピューター (konpyūtā). It is still a "Chinese language (中国語)"^[1]^[2]^[3] exoticism.
- For example, this list of pages on the Japanese Wikipedia that begin with 電脳.
It is also used in scholarly circles for brevity,^[2] similarly due to its nature as a Sinitic two-kanji equivalent to コンピューター (konpyūtā). It is usually found as the first part in a Sinitic compound rather than alone.^[1]
李範文(りはんぶん)・中嶋幹起(なかじまもとき)　編著(へんちょ)『電脳(でんのう)処理(しょり)：西夏文(せいかぶん)雑字(ざつじ)研究(けんきゅう)』
Ri Hanbun Nakajima Motoki hencho “Dennō Shori: Seikabun Zatsuji Kenkyū”
Computer Processing: A Study of the Tangut Zazi by LI Fanwen and NAKAJIMA Motoki

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “電脳”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 “電脳”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN