tetragram

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tetragram

/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌɡɹæm/

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From tetra- + -gram.

noun tetragrams · tetragramme

A group of four letters.
In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.

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@misc{tetragram_2026,
  title = {tetragram},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tetragram},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}