電脳

• 電子頭脳(でんしずのう) (denshi zunō)

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]

• (Tokyo) でんのー [dèńnóó] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞nːo̞ː]

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

1. (uncommon) computer
2. (uncommon) cybernetic brain

• 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

• (common) コンピューター (konpyūtā), パソコン (pasokon)

• 電脳(でんのう)せどり (dennō sedori)