hexagram

English

Hexagram as a 6-pointed star

The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching

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), zoigl star
rhombus star

Related terms

(star shape): pentagram (5-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed)
(divination): monogram, bigram, digram, trigram, tetragram

Translations

star shape

Chinese:
Mandarin: 六角星 (zh) (liùjiaǒxīng)
Finnish: kuusikanta, heksagrammi
French: hexagramme (fr) m
German: Hexagramm n

Hungarian: csillaghatszög (hu)
Japanese: 六角星 (ろっかくせい, rokkakusei), 六芒星 (ろくぼうせい, rokubōsei, りくぼうせい, rikubōsei)
Macedonian: хексаграм (heksagram)
Russian: гексагра́мма (ru) f (geksagrámma)
Serbo-Croatian: хекаграм, hekagram

Synonyms

(six-pointed star): Magen David, Star of David

See also

(I Ching hexagrams): ䷀, ䷁, ䷂, ䷃, ䷄, ䷅, ䷆, ䷇, ䷈, ䷉, ䷊, ䷋, ䷌, ䷍, ䷎, ䷏, ䷐, ䷑, ䷒, ䷓, ䷔, ䷕, ䷖, ䷗, ䷘, ䷙, ䷚, ䷛, ䷜, ䷝, ䷞, ䷟, ䷠, ䷡, ䷢, ䷣, ䷤, ䷥, ䷦, ䷧, ䷨, ䷩, ䷪, ䷫, ䷬, ䷭, ䷮, ䷯, ䷰, ䷱, ䷲, ䷳, ䷴, ䷵, ䷶, ䷷, ䷸, ䷹, ䷺, ䷻, ䷼, ䷽, ䷾, ䷿

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