How to say "electronics" in Japanese

• エレクトロニクスCommon
  nounCovers electronics as a field of technology — devices, products and the industry. A katakana loanword close to the English term, it is typical in talk about electronics makers and the electronics business.
  彼かれはエレクトロニクスについて何なんも知しらない。↗

  He knows nothing about electronics.
• 電子工学でんしこうがくCommon
  nounThis is the name of the discipline, matching its 'electronic engineering' gloss: electronics as a branch of engineering, the kind of thing studied at university or cited as a field of expertise.
  クライブは電子工学でんしこうがくの技術者ぎじゅつしゃになりたい。↗

  Clive wants to be an electronic engineer.

Both can translate 'electronics': 「エレクトロニクス」 is the katakana loanword for the field as technology and industry, while 電子工学 names the discipline itself — electronic engineering as a subject of study or research.

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• エレクトロニクスelectronics
• 電子工学でんしこうがくelectronics
• 電子機器でんしききelectronic device