hexagram
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- noun
- /ˈhɛksəˌɡræm/
- - First we must draw a hexagram, a six-pointed star, on the table.
Examples
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And then I looked at each one of those hexagrams and I just, I saw this code of life appearing out of it.
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Out of catastrophe comes progress, reads a certain hexagram in the Book of Changes.
Fiction book (1991) -
It was 1974, so I thought of the first hexagram in the I Ching, The Creative.
Fiction book (1991) -
That night, when I throw the I Ching before going to bed, my hexagram states that if we truly possess a thing, it cannot be lost or destroyed.
Academic text (2001) -
Roland casts the hexagram Shih Ho, Biting Through.
Fiction book (1996) -
The accumulated commentaries on the hexagrams may offer guidance to the person consulting the oracle, but interpretive responsibility remains with the person who seeks to orient decisions in such a way as to fit in with the larger tendencies of 'the way things are moving.'
Academic text (2000) -
First we must draw a hexagram, a six-pointed star, on the table.
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Fiona stood within the protective double circle that framed the perfect hexagram within a perfect triangle.
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The ancient Chinese system of wisdom, called the I Ching, is based on 64 hexagrams, symbols with six lines in a set.
Synonyms
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A network design where each computer links to one central hub
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A flat shape with many straight sides and points, like a star
Surface Forms
Morphology
hexagram = hexa + gram (semi-transparent) = hexa + gram
While the components 'hexa' and 'gram' are clear, the specific meaning of a six-pointed star is a specialized usage.
Etymology
The word hexagram comes from the parts hexa- meaning 'six' and -gram meaning 'drawing', like in hexagon and diagram. So a hexagram is a six-pointed drawing or star made by two overlapping triangles.