character; grapheme; graphic symbol




a written symbol that is used to represent speech

"the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

Type of:
  • written symbol; printed symbol

Types:
  • allograph
  • check character
  • superscript; superior
  • subscript; inferior
  • ASCII character
  • ligature
  • capital; capital letter; uppercase; upper-case letter; majuscule
  • small letter; lowercase; lower-case letter; minuscule
  • type
  • percent sign; percentage sign
  • asterisk; star
  • dagger; obelisk
  • double dagger; double obelisk; diesis
  • letter; letter of the alphabet; alphabetic character
  • space; blank
  • phonetic symbol
  • mathematical symbol
  • rune; runic letter
  • pictograph
  • ideogram; ideograph
  • radical
  • stenograph


WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University