金剛

金剛

1. (～石) diamond
2. (figuratively) object that is extremely hard and strong
3. (Buddhism) vajra
4. (Buddhism) tutelary of Buddhist teaching
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “金”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 249:

     就是金剛，我亦欲看伊處土。 [Teochew, trad.]
     就是金刚，我亦欲看伊处土。 [Teochew, simp.]

     zu⁷ si⁶ gim¹ geng¹, ua² ia⁷ ain³ kang³ i¹ go³ thou⁵. [Peng'im]

     Though he were the gods that guard the temple gates I would treat him as if he were clay.

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

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “金剛” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Phono-semantic matching of English King Kong.

金剛

1. King Kong (fictional giant ape)

/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).

• (Tokyo) こんごー [kóꜜǹgòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ŋɡo̞ː]

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 as a 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, mostly handling kongō zōri

• 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(ぞう)履(り)取(と)り (zōritori, “servant in charge of footwear”)
• ダイヤモンド (daiyamondo, “diamond”)

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 (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   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 (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
5. a placename
6. a surname, especially used by masters of the Kongō-ryū
7. a male or female given name

金剛 • (geumgang) (hangeul 금강)

1. hanja form^? of 금강 (“diamond”)

金剛

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