a Chinese puzzle made by cutting a square into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, and using these pieces to form various figures and designs
Origin of tangram
probably arbitrary coinage on analogy of anagram
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tangram
noun
A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, to be reassembled into different figures.
Origin of tangram
Origin unknown
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Noun
(plural tangrams)
- A Chinese puzzle made of a square that is cut up into different triangular pieces which can then be reassembled to make designs.
Origin
Chinese: 七巧æ¿; pinyin: qÄ« qiÇŽo bÇŽn; literally "seven boards of skill".
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