tetragram
tetragram · tetragrams
A group of four lettersA group of four letters.
/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌɡɹæm/
Meaning
2 sensesA group of four letters.
a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
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.
Origin
From tetra- + -gram.From tetra- + -gram.
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