grapheme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean hangul.
A sequence of one or more code points that are processed and displayed as a single graphical unit of a writing system.
In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.

/ˈɡɹæ.fiːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grapheme.wav /ˈɡɹæ.fim/

grapheme graphemes

From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “write”) + -eme. Doublet of -gram.

grapheme cluster

archigrapheme grapheme-color grapheme-phoneme correspondence grapheme-to-phoneme graphemic graphemics grapholect

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