hexagram
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[[File:Regular_hexagon_as_intersection_of_two_triangles.png|thumb|A regular hexagram, [[List_of_regular_polytopes_and_compounds#Two_dimensional_compounds|{6}[2{3}]{6}]], can be seen as a compound composed of an upwards (blue here) and downwards (pink) facing equilateral triangle, with their intersection as a regular hexagon (in green).]]
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- Group theory
- Construction by compass and a straight edge
- Construction by linear algebra
- Origins and shape
- Religious usage
- Indian religions
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
- Islam
- Usage in heraldry
- Usage in Theosophy
- Usage in occultism
- Usage in Freemasonry
- Other uses
- Flags
- Other symbolic uses
- Man-made and natural occurrences
- Unicode
- Other hexagrams
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
[[File:Regular_hexagon_as_intersection_of_two_triangles.png|thumb|A regular hexagram, [[List_of_regular_polytopes_and_compounds#Two_dimensional_compounds|{6}[2{3}]{6}]], can be seen as a compound composed of an upwards (blue here) and downwards (pink) facing equilateral triangle, with their intersection as a regular hexagon (in green).]]
A hexagram (Greek) or sexagram (Latin) is a six-pointed geometric star figure with the Schläfli symbol {6/2}, 2{3}, or . The term is used to refer to a compound figure of two equilateral triangles. The intersection is a regular hexagon.