金剛石

See also: 金刚石

Chinese
diamond; object that is extremely hard and strong rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (金剛石) 金剛 石
simp. (金刚石) 金刚 石
variant forms 金鋼石／金钢石

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 金 剛 石
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 唐 (101) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) Chongniu III I III
Fanqie 居吟切 古郎切 常隻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiɪm/ /kɑŋ/ /d͡ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚim/ /kɑŋ/ /d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiem/ /kɑŋ/ /d͡ʑiæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kjim/ /kaŋ/ /d͡ʑiajk̚/
Li
Rong		 /kjəm/ /kɑŋ/ /ʑiɛk̚/
Wang
Li		 /kĭĕm/ /kɑŋ/ /ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯əm/ /kɑŋ/ /ʑi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jīn gāng shí

Noun

金剛石

  1. diamond
    貞觀至中有婆羅僧言得佛齒，所擊前無堅物……（傅奕）聞之，謂其子曰：‘是非佛齒。吾聞金剛石堅，物不能敵，惟羚羊角破之。汝可往試之焉。’ [MSC, trad.]
    贞观至中有婆罗僧言得佛齿，所击前无坚物……（傅奕）闻之，谓其子曰：‘是非佛齿。吾闻金刚石坚，物不能敌，惟羚羊角破之。汝可往试之焉。’ [MSC, simp.]
    From: 唐刘餗《隋唐嘉话》卷中
    Zhēnguān zhì zhōng yǒu póluósēng yán dé fóchǐ, suǒ jī qián wú jiānwù...... (Fù Yì) wén zhī, wèi qí zǐ yuē: ‘Shì fēi fóchǐ. Wú wén jīngāngshí jiān, wù bùnéng dí, wéi língyáng jiǎo pò zhī. Rǔ kě wǎng shì zhī yān.’ [Pinyin]
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Synonyms

See also

Japanese
金剛石 (kongōseki): a rough uncut diamond.
Kanji in this term
金 剛 石
こん
Grade: 1		 ごう
Grade: S		 せき
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 金剛 (kongō, “adamant, extremely strong”) +‎ 石 (seki, “stone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

金剛石 (hiragana こんごうせき, rōmaji kongōseki)

  1. (mineralogy, gems) a diamond

Usage notes

Less commonly used than the English-derived term ダイヤモンド (daiyamondo).

Synonyms

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