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語源

From hexa- +‎ -gram.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhɛksəɡɹæm/

名詞

hexagram (plural hexagrams)

1. A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles. [1826]

   Synonyms: kagome, Magen David, rhombus star, Shield of David, Star of David, Star of Life

2. Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching. [1804]
3. A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.

別の表記

• hexagramme (rare)

関連する語

• (star shape): pentagram (5-pointed), heptagram (7-pointed), octogram (8-pointed), nonagram (9-pointed), decagram (10-pointed)
• (divination): monogram, bigram, digram, trigram, tetragram

参考

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

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