"hexagram" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛksəɡɹæm/ Forms: hexagrams [plural]
Etymology: From hexa- + -gram. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hexa|gram}} hexa- + -gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} hexagram (plural hexagrams)
  1. A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles. Categories (topical): Byzantine Empire, Coins Synonyms: kagome, Magen David, rhombus star, Shield of David, Star of David, Star of Life Related terms (star shape): pentagram (5-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octogram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed) Translations (star shape): 六角星 (liùjiǎoxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), kuusikanta (Finnish), heksagrammi (Finnish), hexagramme [masculine] (French), Hexagramm [neuter] (German), csillaghatszög (Hungarian), 六角星 (rokkakusei) (alt: ろっかくせい) (Japanese), 六芒星 (alt: ろくぼうせい, rokubōsei, りくぼうせい, rikubōsei) (Japanese), жұлдызды алтыбұрыш (jūldyzdy altybūryş) (Kazakh), гексаграмма (geksagramma) (Kazakh), хексаграм (heksagram) (Macedonian), heksagram [masculine] (Polish), гексагра́мма (geksagrámma) [feminine] (Russian), хекаграм (Serbo-Croatian), hekagram (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-hexagram-en-noun-JpeNRXqU Disambiguation of Byzantine Empire: 17 39 45 Disambiguation of Coins: 19 38 43 Disambiguation of 'star shape': 56 27 18 Disambiguation of 'star shape': 56 27 18
  2. Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching. Categories (topical): Byzantine Empire, Coins, Divination
    Sense id: en-hexagram-en-noun-woH1OaVP Disambiguation of Byzantine Empire: 17 39 45 Disambiguation of Coins: 19 38 43 Disambiguation of Divination: 23 67 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hexa-, English terms suffixed with -gram, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 58 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hexa-: 25 53 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gram: 32 59 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 66 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 58 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 60 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 67 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 66 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 62 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 31 61 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 70 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 29 62 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 30 62 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 63 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 61 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 70 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 29 62 9 Related terms (I Ching hexagrams): , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ䷿ Related terms (divination): monogram, bigram, digram, trigram, tetragram Disambiguation of 'I Ching hexagrams': 11 87 2 Disambiguation of 'divination': 0 100 0
  3. A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire. Categories (topical): Byzantine Empire, Coins, Historical currencies
    Sense id: en-hexagram-en-noun-jDZfE8tA Disambiguation of Byzantine Empire: 17 39 45 Disambiguation of Coins: 19 38 43 Disambiguation of Historical currencies: 17 34 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hexagramme [rare]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
          "word": "䷄"
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          "word": "䷅"
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          "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
          "word": "䷇"
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        {
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          "word": "䷸"
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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    {
      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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    {
      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "sense": "I Ching hexagrams",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liùjiǎoxīng",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "六角星"
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      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "kuusikanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "heksagrammi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "hexagramme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hexagramm"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "csillaghatszög"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ろっかくせい",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rokkakusei",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "六角星"
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      "alt": "ろくぼうせい, rokubōsei, りくぼうせい, rikubōsei",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "六芒星"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jūldyzdy altybūryş",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "жұлдызды алтыбұрыш"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "geksagramma",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "гексаграмма"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "heksagram",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "хексаграм"
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      "sense": "star shape",
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      "word": "heksagram"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "star shape",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "гексагра́мма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "хекаграм"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "star shape",
      "word": "hekagram"
    }
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  ],
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}

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