noun
- the smallest units of written language that represent sounds or meanings
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The word ‘cat’ contains three graphemes: c, a, and t.
- Teachers help students understand how graphemes correspond to phonemes.
- In English, some graphemes like ‘th’ represent single sounds.
- The letter ‘x’ is a grapheme that can represent multiple sounds.
- Students learn to recognize graphemes before they can read fluently.
- Different languages use different sets of graphemes in their writing systems.