grapheme
Meanings
Plural: graphemes
Noun
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “write”) + -eme. Doublet of -gram.
Synonyms
character, grapheme cluster, graphic symbol
Scrabble Score: 16
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Words With Friends Score: 18
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