grapheme

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

character

graphic symbol

letter

morpheme

star

⭐

writing

Translations

graphème

Graphem

grafema

grafeem

grafema

grafema

γράφημα

caractère

grafema

letra

carácter

grafia

Schriftzeichen

caràcter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹæ.fiːm/

Etymology

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