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)

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 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 六角星 (zh) (liùjiǎoxīng)

• 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)
• Kazakh: жұлдызды алтыбұрыш (jūldyzdy altybūryş), гексаграмма (geksagramma)
• Macedonian: хексаграм (heksagram)
• Russian: гексагра́мма (ru) f (geksagrámma)
• Serbo-Croatian: хекаграм, hekagram

See also

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