grapheme

Noun

Meaning

a written symbol that is used to represent speech

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

character graph graphic symbol rune case role letter fibre runic device reference sign fiber blank cipher
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

god idea superior solution immortal disregard
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

printed symbol written symbol

Hyponyms

rune space type capital letter superior

Phrases with the word

arabic grapheme

Examples

the Greek alphabet has 24 characters Source: Internet

A phoneme may be represented by a multigraph (sequence of more than one grapheme), as the digraph sh represents a single sound in English (and sometimes a single grapheme may represent more than one phoneme, as with the Russian letter я ). Source: Internet

Coulmas, F. (1996), The Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, Oxford: Blackwells, p.174 An individual grapheme may or may not carry meaning by itself, and may or may not correspond to a single phoneme of the spoken language. Source: Internet

In Spanish and several other world languages influenced by it, the grapheme ñ represents a palatal nasal consonant. Source: Internet

Each grapheme may represent a limited number of phonemes depending on etymology and location in the word. Source: Internet

For example, different forms of the letter "b" are all considered to represent a single grapheme in the orthography of, say, English. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

graphanalysis graphane graphdiyne grapheme cluster grapheme-color graphemic