Glyph
Glyph noun - A written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader.
Usage example: a rock inscribed with mysterious glyphs that some have speculated as being of Norse origin
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Synonyms for Glyph
Letter
Letter noun - A message on paper from one person or group to another.
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Glyph and letter are semantically related in character topic. You can use "Glyph" instead a noun "Letter".
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Shortly after that, the more familiar version of the globe debuted, with all of the pieces light gray, and each having a letter/glyph on it.
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Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: The "ye" part is explained in "Ye Olde Debunking"; there used to be a glyph for "th", called "thorn" ("þ"), but when the glyph got dropped out of usage, the letter "y" is assumed instead because it looks like the "thorn" in handwritings.
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This is because unlike Japanese, where each kana glyph neatly maps to a sound, languages written using the Latin alphabet (including and especially English) require letter sequences be analyzed and matched to a matching sound, taking extra computational power in the process.
Source: Video Game / Animal Crossing
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