grapheme

See also: Grapheme and graphème

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæf.iːm/

Noun
Examples (graphemes of the phoneme /f/)
  • f (as in fun)
  • gh (as in rough)
  • ph (as in philosopher)

grapheme (plural graphemes)

  1. A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
  2. In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.

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