金剛
See also: 金刚
Chinese
metal; gold; money | hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly | ||
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trad. (金剛) | 金 | 剛 | |
simp. (金刚) | 金 | 刚 |
Pronunciation
Noun
金剛
- (~石) diamond
- (figuratively) object that is extremely hard and strong
- (Buddhism) vajra
- (Buddhism) tutelary of Buddhist teaching
- 1883, Fielde, Adele Marion, “金 (kim)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 249:
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- pupa of some insects
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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金 | 剛 |
こん Grade: 1 |
ごう Grade: S |
goon | kan’yōon |
Etymology
/komʉ kau/ → /koŋɡau/ → /koŋɡɔː/ → /koŋɡoː/
From Middle Chinese 金剛 (MC kˠiɪm kɑŋ), itself a translation of Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “diamond, adamant; thunderbolt”).[1][2][3][4][5]
Noun
- an adamant (mythical rock thought to be of impenetrable hardness)
- (by extension) something extremely solid and indestructible
- (by extension) the firmness of one's own spirit and the strength of one's own spiritual power
- Short for 金剛石 (kongōseki): a diamond as a mineral or gemstone
- (Buddhism) Short for 金剛界 (kongōkai): the Diamond Realm in Vajrayana Buddhism
- (Buddhism) Short for 金剛杵 (kongōsho): a vajra (Buddhist double-headed ceremonial mace)
- (Buddhism) Short for 金剛力士 (kongō rikishi): a pair of vajra-wielding deities guarding most Buddhist temples
- (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
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. - Short for 金剛草履 (kongō zōri): a large zori made from straw or soft rush
- (by extension, theater) an actor or prostitute in charge of footwear, mostly handling kongō zōri
Derived terms
See also
Proper noun
- Short for 金剛座 (Kongōza): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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. - (theater) Short for 金剛流 (Kongō-ryū): a leading school of noh
- (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)
- (historical) the lead ship of her class, which was rebuilt into a battleship in 1929, see
Japanese battleship Kongō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- a placename
- a surname, especially used by masters of the Kongō-ryū
- a male or female given name
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- “金剛”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “金剛”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
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