OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32971

grapheme

/ˈɡɹæ.fiːm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
grafema
A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean hangul.
For instance, it is convenient to refer to a single Chinese character as being a grapheme in some contexts.
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