hexagram
English
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Hexagram as a 6-pointed star
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The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching
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Hexagram as a Byzantine coin
Etymology
hexa- + -gram
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛksəɡɹæm/
Noun
hexagram (plural hexagrams)
- A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles.
- Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching.
- A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.
Alternative forms
- hexagramme (rare)
Synonyms
- (6-pointed star): Star of David (Jewish contexts)
- rhombus star
Synonyms
- (six-pointed star): Magen David, Star of David
Related terms
- (star shape): pentagram (5-pointed), hexagram (6-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octogram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed)
- (divination): monogram, bigram, digram, trigram, tetragram
Translations
star shape
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See also
- (I Ching hexagrams): ䷀, ䷁, ䷂, ䷃, ䷄, ䷅, ䷆, ䷇, ䷈, ䷉, ䷊, ䷋, ䷌, ䷍, ䷎, ䷏, ䷐, ䷑, ䷒, ䷓, ䷔, ䷕, ䷖, ䷗, ䷘, ䷙, ䷚, ䷛, ䷜, ䷝, ䷞, ䷟, ䷠, ䷡, ䷢, ䷣, ䷤, ䷥, ䷦, ䷧, ䷨, ䷩, ䷪, ䷫, ䷬, ䷭, ䷮, ䷯, ䷰, ䷱, ䷲, ䷳, ䷴, ䷵, ䷶, ䷷, ䷸, ䷹, ䷺, ䷻, ䷼, ䷽, ䷾, ䷿