知ち能のう

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General term for mental ability, reasoning, and understanding. Used in both everyday and technical contexts.

知ち能のうが高たかいto have high intelligence
この犬いぬは知ち能のうが高たかいことで知しられている。
This breed of dog is known for its high intelligence.
知ち能のうが低ひくいto have low intelligence
その動どう物ぶつは知ち能のうが低ひくいと言いわれているが、実じっ際さいは違ちがう。
That animal is said to have low intelligence, but that's actually not true.
知ち能のうを測はかるto measure someone's intelligence
このテストで子こ供どもの知ち能のうを測はかることができる。
This test can measure a child's intelligence.
知ち能のうが発はっ達たつするfor intelligence to develop
幼よう児じ期きに知ち能のうが急きゅう速そくに発はっ達たつする。
Intelligence develops rapidly during early childhood.

知ち性せいN1
知性 often implies cultivated, refined intellectual depth, while 知能 is a broader, more neutral term for mental capacity.
頭ず脳のうN2
頭脳 can refer concretely or metaphorically to 'brains' (e.g. the brains behind an organization), whereas 知能 is an abstract measure of mental ability.
知ち恵えN3
知恵 refers to practical wisdom gained through experience and used to solve problems, while 知能 is the underlying innate capacity for reasoning.

知ち覚かくN1
知覚 means sensory perception (seeing, hearing, feeling), not the reasoning ability that 知能 refers to, despite sharing the kanji 知.
知ち恵えN3
知能 refers to measurable intellectual ability (as in IQ), while 知恵 is the practical, experience-based wisdom used to solve real-life problems.
インテリジェンス
知能 means mental ability or IQ, while インテリジェンス in this dictionary sense refers to gathered strategic information, not personal intellect.

知ち能のう指し数すう
intelligence quotient; IQ
人じん工こう知ち能のうN1
artificial intelligence; AI
知ち能のう犯はん
intellectual crime; white-collar crime · intellectual criminal; smart criminal
知ち能のう的てき
intellectual; intelligent
知ち能のう線せん
intelligence line (palm reading)

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知 (knowledge, wisdom) + 能 (ability, capacity). The compound refers to the faculty of knowing and understanding.