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hexagram

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈhɛksəɡɹæm/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A large silvern coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: star

Narrower terms: Star of David, Shield of David, Magen David, Mogen David, Solomon's seal

History

Etymology

From hexa- + -gram.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 六角星 (liùjiǎoxīng) — star shape
  • Dutch: hexagram — star shape
  • Finnish: kuusikanta — star shape
  • Finnish: heksagrammi — star shape
  • French: hexagramme — star shape
  • German: Hexagramm — star shape
  • Hindi: षट्रेखा (ṣaṭrekhā) — star shape
  • Hungarian: csillaghatszög — star shape
  • Japanese: 六角星 (rokkakusei) — star shape
  • Japanese: 六芒星 — star shape
  • Kazakh: жұлдызды алтыбұрыш (jūldyzdy altybūryş) — star shape
  • Kazakh: гексаграмма (geksagramma) — star shape
  • Macedonian: хексаграм (heksagram) — star shape
  • Polish: heksagram — star shape
  • Russian: гексагра́мма (geksagrámma) — star shape
  • Serbo-Croatian: хекаграм — star shape
  • Serbo-Croatian: hekagram — star shape
  • Spanish: hexagrama — star shape