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剛 kanji
sturdy, strength
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ゴウ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 剛
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —質実剛健unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
- —内柔外剛tough on the outside but soft at heart
- —外剛内柔being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
- —内剛外柔gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove
- —剛毅果断dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution
- —剛勇無比unparalleled for valor; unmatched for bravery
- —金剛堅固firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
- —金剛不壊firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
- —金剛力士Deva king (guardian god at a temple gate, holding a vajra); Vajrapani
- —金剛鸚哥macaw
- —金剛夜叉Vajrayaksa
- —遍照金剛Mahavairocana (esp. in esoteric Buddhism)
- —執金剛神Vajradhara (vajra-wielding gods)
- —金剛頂経Vajrasekhara Sutra
- —剛体力学rigid body dynamics
- —青面金剛Shōmen Kongō; Blue-Faced Vajra; blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
- —金剛河豚longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta)
- —金剛穴子snubnosed eel (Simenchelys parasitica)
- —金剛光沢adamantine lustre (luster)
- —聡明剛毅be reasonable, strong and do not give in