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Japanese
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| 電腦 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
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 (denshi zunō).[5]
Pronunciation
Noun
電脳 • (dennō) ←でんなう (dennau)?
- (uncommon) computer
- (uncommon) cybernetic brain
Usage notes
- 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.
- 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・中嶋幹起 編著『電脳処理：西夏文雑字研究』
- Ri Hanbun Nakajima Motoki hencho “Dennō Shori: Seikabun Zatsuji Kenkyū”
- Computer Processing: A Study of the Tangut Zazi by LI Fanwen and NAKAJIMA Motoki
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “電脳”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 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”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- ↑ 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