digraph

The definition of a digraph is a combination of two letters that make one sound.

(noun)

An example of a digraph is the combination of c and h in the word china.

See digraph in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a combination of two letters functioning as a unit to represent one sound (Ex.: read, bread, chin, graphic)

Origin: di- + -graph

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See digraph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A pair of letters representing a single speech sound, such as the ph in pheasant or the ea in beat.
A single character consisting of two letters run together and representing a single sound, such as Old English ǽ.

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