金剛

See also: 金刚

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
trad. (金剛)		金	剛
simp. (金刚)		金	刚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ gong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-kông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingang
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-kang¹
    • Yale: jīn-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingang
    • Palladius: цзиньган (czinʹgan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ gong¹
    • Yale: gām gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-kong
    • Tâi-lô: kim-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 金剛

1. (～石) diamond
2. (figuratively) object that is extremely hard and strong
3. (Buddhism) vajra
4. pupa of some insects

Synonyms

• (diamond): 金剛石／金刚石 (jīngāngshí), 鑽石／钻石 (zuànshí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金剛):

• → Japanese: 金剛(こんごう) (kongō)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English King Kong.

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 金剛

1. King Kong (a fictional giant ape)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	剛
こん Grade: 1	ごう Grade: S
goon	kan'yōon

Etymology

/konɡau/ → /konɡɔː/ → /konɡoː/

From Middle Chinese 金剛 (MC kim kang), itself a translation of Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “diamond, adamant; thunderbolt”).

Compare modern Cantonese 金剛／金刚 (gam¹ gong¹).

Noun

金(こん)剛(ごう) • (kongō) ^{←こんがう (kongau)?}

1. an adamant (mythical rock thought to be of impenetrable hardness)
2. (by extension) something extremely solid and indestructible
3. (by extension) the firmness of one's own spirit and the strength of one's own spiritual power
4. Short for 金剛石 (kongōseki): a diamond (mineral or gemstone)
5. (Buddhism) Short for 金剛界 (kongōkai): the Diamond Realm in Vajrayana Buddhism
6. (Buddhism) Short for 金剛杵 (kongōsho): a vajra (Buddhist double-headed ceremonial mace)
7. (Buddhism) Short for 金剛力士 (kongō rikishi): a pair of vajra-wielding deities guarding most Buddhist temples
8. (Buddhism) Short for 金剛童子 (kongō dōshi): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
9. Short for 金剛草履 (kongō zōri): a large zori made from straw or soft rush
10. (by extension, theater) an actor or prostitute in charge of footwear, as he handles mostly kongō zōri

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 金剛(こんごう)鸚哥(いんこ) (kongō inko, “macaw, specifically the scarlet macaw”)
• 金剛(こんごう)界(かい) (kongōkai)
• 金剛経(こんごうきょう) (Kongō-kyō)
• 金剛薩埵(こんごうさった) (Kongōsatta, “Vajrasattva”)
• 金剛山(こんごうさん) (Kongōsan)
• 金剛杵(こんごうしょ) (kongōsho, “vajra”)
• 金剛杖(こんごうじょう) (kongōjō)
• 金剛(こんごう)石(せき) (kongōseki, “diamond”, as a mineral or gemstone)
• 金剛(こんごう)草履(ぞうり) (kongō zōri)
• 金剛頂経(こんごうちょうぎょう) (Kongōchō-gyō)
• 金剛(こんごう)杖(づえ) (kongōzue)
• 金剛(こんごう)童子(どうし) (kongō dōshi)
• 金剛(こんごう)力(りき) (kongōriki, “adamantine strength”)

See also

• 伐折羅(ばさら), 伐闍羅(ばさら), 跋折羅(ばさら), 縛日羅(ばさら) (basara, transliterations of Sanskrit vajra)
• 草履取(ぞうりと)り (zōritori, “servant in charge of footwear”)
• ダイヤモンド (daiyamondo, “diamond”)

Proper noun

金(こん)剛(ごう) • (Kongō) ^{←こんがう (kongau)?}

1. Short for 金剛座 (Kongōza): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. (theater) Short for 金剛流 (Kongō-ryū): a leading school of noh
3. (historical) a class of battlecruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy built before World War I, see Kongō-class battlecruiser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

   Hyponyms: 霧島 (Kirishima), 榛名 (Haruna), 比叡 (Hiei)

4. (historical) the lead ship of her class, which was rebuilt into a battleship in 1929, see Japanese battleship Kongō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
5. a placename
6. , especially used by masters of the Kongō-ryū
7. a male or female given name

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
金	剛

Noun

金剛

1. chữ Hán form of kim cương (“diamond”).