金剛

See also: 金刚

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

金剛

  1. (~石) diamond
  2. (figuratively) an object that is extremely hard and strong
  3. (Buddhism) vajra
  4. pupa of some insects
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • 丈二金剛丈二金刚
  • 四大金剛四大金刚
  • 密跡金剛密迹金刚
  • 沒那金剛鑽兒,也不攬那磁器傢伙没那金刚钻儿,也不揽那磁器傢伙
  • 立地金剛立地金刚
  • 變形金剛变形金刚
  • 金剛不壞之身金刚不坏之身 (jīngāng bùhuài zhī shēn)
  • 金剛努目金刚努目
  • 金剛怒目金刚怒目

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English King Kong.

Proper noun

金剛

  1. King Kong (a fictional giant ape)

Japanese

Sanskrit: वज्र (vajra), Japanese: 金剛 (こんごう, kongō)
Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: 1
ごう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 金剛 (kim kang, literally metal + strong, hard). Compare modern Cantonese reading gam1 gong1.

Pronunciation

Noun

金剛 (hiragana こんごう, rōmaji kongō, historical hiragana こんがう)

  1. Buddhist term of Vajra, literally meaning both "Diamond" & "Thunderbolt," referring to the symbolic nature of both that of a diamond, (in that it can cut any substance, but can not, itself, be cut,) and that of the thunderbolt, (an irresistible force)
  2. the firmness of one's own spirit, and the strength of one's own spiritual power
  3. (Buddhism) short for  (こん) (ごう) (しょ) (kongōsho): a vajra, a dorje: a kind of double-headed scepter used in esoteric Buddhism
  4. (figuratively, literally) something extremely hard, of extreme strength
  5. short for 金剛石 (こんごうせき) (kongōseki): diamond as a mineral or gemstone

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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