Associations to the word «Grapheme»

Wiktionary

GRAPHEME, noun. A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
GRAPHEME, noun. In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.

Dictionary definition

GRAPHEME, noun. A written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.