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      grapheme
      noun
      a written symbol that is used to represent speech
      Roots
      grapheingraph- · Greek · to writephonema-eme · Greek · structural unit
      Words related to grapheme
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      Where does grapheme come from?

      The word grapheme breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: graph, from Greek graphein (“to write”); and -eme, from Greek phonema (“structural unit”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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