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grapheme.

A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean hangul.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɹæ.fiːm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɹæ.fim/General-American
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.