Etymology

hexagram

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Today it means: A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles. Full definition →

First used 1826
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From hexa- + -gram.

First known use, by meaning

  • 1826 A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles.
  • 1804 Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines, formed by pairs of trigrams, used for divination in the I Ching.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.