Tetragram

Quick meaning: Tetragram is a noun meaning A group of four letters.

Meaning

A group of four letters.

More Meanings

1. 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.

Word Forms

• tetragrams
• tetragramme

Synonyms for tetragram

Depending on context, synonyms include tetragraph.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tetragramme, tetragraph, tetrad, tetramorph, quadrigram, quadrad.

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