知 能(ちのう)

ちのう

noun

intelligence, intellect

1. intelligence, intellect, mental ability

The capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity.

知能(ちのう)テストを受(う)けた。

I took an intelligence test.

イルカは知能(ちのう)が高(たか)い動物(どうぶつ)だ。

Dolphins are highly intelligent animals.

人工(じんこう)知能(ちのう)の研究(けんきゅう)が進(すす)んでいる。

Research on artificial intelligence is progressing.

知能(ちのう) refers to the innate capacity for learning, reasoning, and problem-solving — mental ability rather than acquired knowledge.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

人工(じんこう)知能(ちのう) (AI, artificial intelligence)
知能(ちのう)テスト (intelligence test, IQ test)
知能(ちのう)指数(しすう) (intelligence quotient, IQ)
知能(ちのう)犯(はん) (intellectual crime, white-collar crime)
高(こう)知能(ちのう) (high intelligence)

COMMON PATTERNS:

知能(ちのう)が高(たか)い/低(ひく)い (intelligence is high/low)
知能(ちのう)を持(も)つ (to possess intelligence)

SIMILAR WORDS:

知識(ちしき): knowledge — information one has learned
知恵(ちえ): wisdom — practical, experience-based intelligence
頭脳(ずのう): brains, intellect — focuses on thinking power
知性(ちせい): intellect — refined, cultured intelligence

Related Words

Related: 知識(ちしき) (knowledge)

Related: 知恵(ちえ) (wisdom)

Contrast: 知性(ちせい) (intellect (cultivated))

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Added 2026.1.12 18:17 · Revised 2026.5.26 5:06

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