machhezan wrote:

> > Is there any term for 'units' of the English orthography such
> > as "a, b, ch, th"?

Peter T. Daniels answered:

> That's one common use of "grapheme," but you can immediately see the
> problems! (Or you can collect them from my previous postings.)

Sounds as if you resign yourself to not having any word for it. Do I
misunderstand you?

grüess
mach