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Adamantine / King Kong
金剛 can translate as adamantine from Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean.
Other meanings and translations can include diamond, thunderbolt, Indra's indestructible weapon, a Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth, Vajra (a mythical weapon), guardian deity, hardness, indestructibility, power, the least frangible of minerals.
The Chinese pronunciation of “Jīn Gāng” became the loanword used in English as “King Kong.” You can see King Kong as the indestructible ape guardian deity depending on how you read the story.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
金剛 金刚 see styles |
jīn gāng jin1 gang1 chin kang kongou / kongo こんごう |
More info & calligraphy: Diamond(1) vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; (2) thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth; (p,s,g) Kongou vajra, 伐闍羅; 跋折羅 (or跋闍羅); 縛曰羅(or 縛日羅) The thunderbolt of Indra, often called the diamond club; but recent research considers it a sun symbol. The diamond, synonym of hardness, indestructibility, power, the least frangible of minerals. It is one of the saptaratna 七寶. |
コンゴ see styles |
kongo コンゴ |
More info & calligraphy: Congo |
金剛乘 金刚乘 see styles |
jīn gāng shèng jin1 gang1 sheng4 chin kang sheng kongō jō |
More info & calligraphy: Vajrayana |
今号 see styles |
kongou / kongo こんごう |
this issue (of a periodical); this number |
今吾 see styles |
kongo こんご |
(archaism) (See 故吾) one's present self |
婚合 see styles |
kongou / kongo こんごう |
(archaism) sexual intercourse |
庚申 see styles |
gēng shēn geng1 shen1 keng shen koushin / koshin こうしん |
fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040 (1) (See 干支・1) Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040); (2) (See 青面金剛) Shōmen Kongō (deity); (3) (こうしん only) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 庚申待) kōshin-machi (religious wake); (surname) Kōshin |
根号 see styles |
kongou / kongo こんごう |
{math} radical sign; root sign |
混合 see styles |
hùn hé hun4 he2 hun ho kongou / kongo こんごう |
to mix; to blend; hybrid; composite (noun/participle) (1) mixing; mixture; meld; (noun/participle) (2) miscegenation |
金綱 see styles |
kongou / kongo こんごう |
(surname) Kongou |
十金剛 十金刚 see styles |
shí jīn gāng shi2 jin1 gang1 shih chin kang jū kongō |
ten indestructible [minds] |
周金剛 周金刚 see styles |
zhōu jīn gāng zhou1 jin1 gang1 chou chin kang Shū Kongō |
Zhou Jingang |
執金剛 执金刚 see styles |
zhí jīn gāng zhi2 jin1 gang1 chih chin kang shū kongō |
vajra-dhara |
庚申塚 see styles |
koushinzuka / koshinzuka こうしんづか |
(See 青面金剛,三猿) roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys); (place-name) Kōshinzuka |
持金剛 持金刚 see styles |
chí jīn gāng chi2 jin1 gang1 ch`ih chin kang chih chin kang ji kongō |
執全剛 Vajradhara' or Vajrapāṇi, a Bodhisattva who holds a vajra or thunderbolt, of these there are several; a name for Indra. |
觸金剛 触金刚 see styles |
chù jīn gāng chu4 jin1 gang1 ch`u chin kang chu chin kang Soku kongō |
Ucchuṣma |
金剛位 金刚位 see styles |
jīn gāng wèi jin1 gang1 wei4 chin kang wei kongō i |
adamantine stage |
金剛佛 金刚佛 see styles |
jīn gāng fó jin1 gang1 fo2 chin kang fo kongō butsu |
vajra-buddha. Vairocana, or 大日 the Sun-buddha; sometimes applied to Śākyamuni as embodiment of the Truth, of Wisdom, and of Purity. |
金剛刹 金刚刹 see styles |
jīn gāng chà jin1 gang1 cha4 chin kang ch`a chin kang cha kongō setsu |
vajrakṣetra, a vajra or Buddhist monastery or building. |
金剛口 金刚口 see styles |
jīn gāng kǒu jin1 gang1 kou3 chin kang k`ou chin kang kou kongō ku |
Diamond mouth, that of a buddha. |
金剛喩 金刚喩 see styles |
jīn gāng yù jin1 gang1 yu4 chin kang yü kongō yu |
adamantine |
金剛天 金刚天 see styles |
jīn gāng tiān jin1 gang1 tian1 chin kang t`ien chin kang tien kongō ten |
The vajradevas twenty in number in the vajradhātu group. |
金剛定 金刚定 see styles |
jīn gāng dìng jin1 gang1 ding4 chin kang ting kongō jō |
vajrasamādhi, 金剛喩定; 金剛三昧; 金剛滅定 diamond meditation, that of the last stage of the bodhisattva, characterized by firm, indestructible knowledge, penetrating all reality; attained after all remains of illusion have been cut off. |
金剛幡 金刚幡 see styles |
jīn gāng fān jin1 gang1 fan1 chin kang fan kongō ban |
vajraketu. A flag, hung to a pole with a dragon's head. |
金剛座 金刚座 see styles |
jīn gāng zuò jin1 gang1 zuo4 chin kang tso kongō za |
Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva) (or金剛座床) vajrāsana, or bodhimaṇḍa, Buddha's seat on attaining enlightenment, the 'diamond' throne. Also a posture or manner of sitting. M.W. |
金剛慧 金刚慧 see styles |
jīn gāng huì jin1 gang1 hui4 chin kang hui kongō e |
Diamond wisdom, which by its reality overcomes all illusory knowledge. |
金剛拳 金刚拳 see styles |
jīn gāng quán jin1 gang1 quan2 chin kang ch`üan chin kang chüan kongō ken |
vajra-fist, the hands doubled together on the breast. |
金剛智 金刚智 see styles |
jīn gāng zhì jin1 gang1 zhi4 chin kang chih kongō chi |
vajramati. The indestructible and enriching diamond wisdom of the Buddha. Also the name of an Indian who came to China A.D. 619; he is said to have introduced the Yogācāra system and founded the esoteric school, but this is attributed to Amoghavajra, v. 大教. 金剛智三藏 Vajrabodhi may be the same person, but there is doubt about the matter, cf. 大教. |
金剛橛 金刚橛 see styles |
jīn gāng jué jin1 gang1 jue2 chin kang chüeh kongō ketsu |
dagger-like spike |
金剛水 金刚水 see styles |
jīn gāng shuǐ jin1 gang1 shui3 chin kang shui kongō sui |
Diamond or vajra water, drunk by a prince on investiture, or by a person who receives the esoteric baptismal rite; also 誓水. |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Adamantine King Kong | 金剛 金刚 | kongou / kongo | jīn gāng / jin1 gang1 / jin gang / jingang | chin kang / chinkang |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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