Diamond

in Japanese

金剛

Kongō

diamond

How Japanese people write Diamondダイアモンド

Character by character

Other ways to write Diamond

大亜紋道

Dai · A · Mon · Dō

great · Asia / second · crest · way

醍愛門導

Dai · A · Mon · Dō

essence · love · gate · guide

About Diamond in Japanese

In Japan, Diamond is written ダイアモンド in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 金剛 is read Kongō. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 金剛 (Kongō, diamond).

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Questions

How do you write Diamond in Japanese?+

Diamond is written ダイアモンド in katakana. A kanji spelling is 金剛, read Kongō.

What does 金剛 mean?+

Character by character, 金剛 means diamond.

Is 金剛 a real Japanese name?+

It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Kongō and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Diamond is written in katakana: ダイアモンド.

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