HEXAGRAM


Meaning of HEXAGRAM in English

■ noun

1》 a star-shaped figure formed by two intersecting equilateral triangles.

2》 any of a set of sixty-four figures made up of six parallel whole or broken lines, occurring in the ancient Chinese I Ching.

Origin

C19: from hexa- + Gk gramma 'line'.

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