hexagram

noun — 3 senses

hexagram

noun

/ˈhɛksəɡɹæm/

Etymology From hexa- + -gram.

1

A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles.

2

Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching.

3

A large silvern coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.

Related terms
74 termspentagram (5-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octogram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed), monogram, bigram, digram, trigram, tetragram, ䷀, ䷁, ䷂, ䷃, ䷄, ䷅, ䷆, ䷇, ䷈, ䷉, ䷊, ䷋, ䷌, ䷍, ䷎, ䷏, ䷐, ䷑, ䷒, ䷓, ䷔, ䷕, ䷖, ䷗, ䷘, ䷙, ䷚, ䷛, ䷜, ䷝, ䷞, ䷟, ䷠, ䷡, ䷢, ䷣, ䷤, ䷥, ䷦, ䷧, ䷨, ䷩, ䷪, ䷫, ䷬, ䷭, ䷮, ䷯, ䷰, ䷱, ䷲, ䷳, ䷴, ䷵, ䷶, ䷷, ䷸, ䷹, ䷺, ䷻, ䷼, ䷽, ䷾, ䷿

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