grapheme

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

graphème

caractère

lettre

Synonymes

character

graphic symbol

letter

morpheme

star

⭐

writing

Traductions

Graphem

grafeem

grafema

grafema

grafema

γράφημα

letra

grafema

caràcter

grafia

Schriftzeichen

carácter

grafía

grafo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɹæ.fiːm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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