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词汇 hexagram
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Definition of hexagram in English:

hexagram

noun ˈhɛksəɡramˈhɛksəˌɡræm
  • 1A star-shaped figure formed by two intersecting equilateral triangles.

    六角星形

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I went to the blackboard and drew the yin-yang symbol and the hexagram.
    • The hexagram - and resultant star - is the one of the most powerful mystic symbols.
    • The Star of David is a hexagram but is not used to cast a hex on you.
    • The hexagram, the well-known Hindu symbol of a six-pointed star, is also known as the Star of David or Jewish Star, and can be used to symbolise Israel or Jews.
    • In 1876 Veronese was appointed as assistant in analytical geometry on the strength of his paper on Pascal's hexagram.
  • 2Any of a set of sixty-four figures made up of six parallel whole or broken lines, occurring in the ancient Chinese I Ching.

    (中国《易经》的)卦象

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's simply too much convergence between the hexagrams received and the life situations I'd asked about for it to be a coincidence.
    • Sixty-four different combinations of six broken or unbroken lines produce sixty-four different hexagrams.
    • The meanings of the hexagrams were divined many years ago by Chinese philosopher-priests in tune with the Tao (Chinese for path or way).
    • The I Ching, oriental mysticism, is based on sixty-four hexagrams.
    • The most simple method of I Ching divination makes use of 3 coins to read the hexagrams.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from hexa- 'six' + Greek gramma 'line'.

Definition of hexagram in US English:

hexagram

nounˈheksəˌɡramˈhɛksəˌɡræm
  • 1A star-shaped figure formed by two intersecting equilateral triangles.

    六角星形

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Star of David is a hexagram but is not used to cast a hex on you.
    • The hexagram - and resultant star - is the one of the most powerful mystic symbols.
    • In 1876 Veronese was appointed as assistant in analytical geometry on the strength of his paper on Pascal's hexagram.
    • The hexagram, the well-known Hindu symbol of a six-pointed star, is also known as the Star of David or Jewish Star, and can be used to symbolise Israel or Jews.
    • I went to the blackboard and drew the yin-yang symbol and the hexagram.
  • 2Any of a set of sixty-four figures made up of six parallel whole or broken lines, occurring in the ancient Chinese I Ching.

    (中国《易经》的)卦象

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's simply too much convergence between the hexagrams received and the life situations I'd asked about for it to be a coincidence.
    • The most simple method of I Ching divination makes use of 3 coins to read the hexagrams.
    • The meanings of the hexagrams were divined many years ago by Chinese philosopher-priests in tune with the Tao (Chinese for path or way).
    • The I Ching, oriental mysticism, is based on sixty-four hexagrams.
    • Sixty-four different combinations of six broken or unbroken lines produce sixty-four different hexagrams.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from hexa- ‘six’ + Greek gramma ‘line’.

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