電脳

See also: 電腦 and 电脑

Japanese

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(でん)子(し)頭(ず)脳(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(り)範(はん)文(ぶん)・中嶋(なかじま)幹(もと)起(き)　編(へん)著(ちょ)『電脳(でんのう)処(しょ)理(り)：西(せい)夏(か)文(ぶん)雑(ざつ)字(じ)研(けん)究(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]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 “電脳”, in 改訂新版世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN