grapheme

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grapheme (plural graphemes)

1. A fundamental unit of a writing system corresponding to letters in the English alphabet.
2. In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.

Examples (graphemes of the phoneme /F/)
f (as in "fun") gh (as in "rough") ph (as in "philosopher")

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