金剛
See also: 金刚
Chinese edit
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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
金剛
- (~石) diamond
- (figuratively) object that is extremely hard and strong
- (Buddhism) vajra
- (Buddhism) tutelary of Buddhist teaching
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “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:
- pupa of some insects
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- 丈二金剛/丈二金刚
- 勝樂金剛/胜乐金刚
- 四大金剛/四大金刚
- 大輪金剛/大轮金刚 (Dàlún Jīngāng)
- 密跡金剛/密迹金刚
- 密集金剛/密集金刚
- 普巴金剛/普巴金刚 (Pǔbā Jīngāng)
- 沒那金剛鑽兒,也不攬那磁器傢伙/没那金刚钻儿,也不揽那磁器家伙
- 穢跡金剛/秽迹金刚
- 立地金剛/立地金刚
- 變形金剛/变形金刚 (biànxíng jīngāng)
- 金剛不壞之身/金刚不坏之身 (jīngāng bùhuài zhī shēn)
- 金剛努目/金刚努目
- 金剛山/金刚山 (Jīngāngshān)
- 金剛怒目/金刚怒目
- 金剛牆/金刚墙 (jīngāngqiáng)
- 金剛猩猩/金刚猩猩
- 金剛界/金刚界
- 金剛石/金刚石 (jīngāngshí)
- 金剛砂/金刚砂 (jīngāngshā)
- 金剛經/金刚经
- 金剛身/金刚身
- 金剛鑽/金刚钻 (jīngāngzuàn)
- 金剛鑽婚/金刚钻婚
- 金剛頂經/金刚顶经
- 金剛鸚鵡/金刚鹦鹉 (jīngāng yīngwǔ, “macaw”)
- 鐵金剛/铁金刚
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “金剛” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Etymology 2 edit
Phono-semantic matching of English King Kong.
Proper noun edit
金剛
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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金 | 剛 |
こん Grade: 1 |
ごう Grade: S |
goon | kan’yōon |
Etymology edit
/komʉ kau/ → /koŋɡau/ → /koŋɡɔː/ → /koŋɡoː/
From Middle Chinese 金剛 (MC kim kang), itself a translation of Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “diamond, adamant; thunderbolt”).[1][2][3][4][5]
Compare modern Cantonese 金剛/金刚 (gam1 gong1).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- 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 edit
Derived terms
See also edit
- 伐折羅, 伐闍羅, 跋折羅, 縛日羅 (basara, transliterations of Sanskrit vajra)
- 草履取り (zōritori, “servant in charge of footwear”)
- ダイヤモンド (daiyamondo, “diamond”)
Proper noun edit
- 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 (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
- (historical) the lead ship of her class, which was rebuilt into a battleship in 1929, see Japanese battleship Kongō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
- a placename
- a surname, especially used by masters of the Kongō-ryū
- a male or female given name
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, 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”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, 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”)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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金 | 剛 |
Noun edit
金剛