Grapheme (Noun)
Meaning
A written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The word 'grapheme' refers to the smallest unit of a writing system, such as a letter or symbol in an alphabet.
- A grapheme can be a single letter, a combination of letters, or even a symbol that represents a distinct sound in a language.
- The English alphabet consists of 26 graphemes that are used to represent the sounds of spoken English.
- In some languages, a single grapheme can represent multiple sounds or phonemes, depending on the context in which it is used.
- The study of graphemes and their relationship to phonemes is an important area of research in linguistics and language education.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Superscript
- Type
- Runic Letter
- Percentage Sign
- Percent Sign
- Ideogram
- Check Character
- Capital Letter
- Dagger
- Rune
- Double Dagger
- Double Obelisk
- Radical
- Pictograph
- Superior
- Capital
- Upper-case Letter
- Stenograph
- Mathematical Symbol
- Lowercase
- Minuscule
- Star
- Allograph
- Subscript
- Ligature
- Obelisk
- Letter
- Space
- Phonetic Symbol
- Blank
- Majuscule
- Letter Of The Alphabet
- Inferior
- Asterisk
- Ideograph
- Small Letter
- ASCII Character