grapheme

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

grapheme
    n 1: a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the
         Greek alphabet has 24 characters" [syn: {character},
         {grapheme}, {graphic symbol}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grapheme \graph"eme\ n. (Linguistics)
   a written symbol that is used to represent speech.

   Syn: character, graphic symbol.
        [WordNet 1.5] Graphic

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