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金刚

jīn gāng

2-character word Traditional 金剛

What 金刚 means

1. diamond
2. (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon)
3. guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)

Other readings

金刚 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jīn gāngKing Kong

The characters in 金刚

• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 刚gāng(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just

Words starting with 金刚

• 金刚山Jīn gāng shānKumgangsan Tourist Region in east North Korea
• 金刚总持Jīn gāng zǒng chíVajradhara
• 金刚石jīn gāng shídiamond; also called 钻石
• 金刚座jīn gāng zuòBodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva)
• 金刚怒目jīn gāng nù mù(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
• 金刚狼Jīn gāng lángWolverine, comic book superhero
• 金刚砂jīn gāng shācarborundum; emery
• 金刚手菩萨Jīn gāng shǒu Pú sàVajrapani Bodhisattva
• 金刚鹦鹉jīn gāng yīng wǔmacaw
• 金刚杵jīn gāng chǔvajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism)
• 金刚萨埵Jīn gāng sà duǒVajrasattva

Words containing 金刚

• 变形金刚Biàn xíng jīn gāngTransformers (franchise)
• 丈二金刚摸不着头脑zhàng èr Jīn gāng mō bu zháo tóu nǎosee 丈二和尚，丈二和尚，摸不着头脑