No. 2,049 in Japanese
人工
Artificial; man-made.
In a sentence
私は人工知能を研究しています。
I am conducting research on artificial intelligence.
In this sentence, "人工" is part of the compound "人工知能" (artificial intelligence), referring to man-made or synthetic intelligence as opposed to natural intelligence.
この湖は人工の湖です。
This lake is an artificial lake.
Here, "人工" describes the lake as man-made, emphasizing that it is not naturally occurring.
人工的な方法で問題を解決しました。
The problem was solved using artificial methods.
"人工" is used in "人工的" to indicate something that is created or manipulated by humans, contrasting with natural methods or occurrences.
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