Added 9 October 2026
grapheme
/ˈɡɹæ.fiːm/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about grapheme at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- 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
From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “write”) + -eme. Doublet of -gram.
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