hexagram
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Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]hexagram (plural hexagrams)
- A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles. [1826[1]]
- Synonyms: kagome, Magen David, rhombus star, Shield of David, Star of David, Star of Life
- Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching. [1804[1]]
- A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.
Alternative forms
[edit]- hexagramme (rare)
Related terms
[edit]- (star shape): pentagram (5-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octogram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed)
- (divination): monogram, bigram, digram, trigram, tetragram
Translations
[edit]star shape
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See also
[edit]- (I Ching hexagrams): ䷀, ䷁, ䷂, ䷃, ䷄, ䷅, ䷆, ䷇, ䷈, ䷉, ䷊, ䷋, ䷌, ䷍, ䷎, ䷏, ䷐, ䷑, ䷒, ䷓, ䷔, ䷕, ䷖, ䷗, ䷘, ䷙, ䷚, ䷛, ䷜, ䷝, ䷞, ䷟, ䷠, ䷡, ䷢, ䷣, ䷤, ䷥, ䷦, ䷧, ䷨, ䷩, ䷪, ䷫, ䷬, ䷭, ䷮, ䷯, ䷰, ䷱, ䷲, ䷳, ䷴, ䷵, ䷶, ䷷, ䷸, ䷹, ䷺, ䷻, ䷼, ䷽, ䷾, ䷿
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hexagram”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.