name
letter
variations
imagealt
imagealt2
Usage
Writing systemscript
Typetype typedesc
Language of originlanguage
Phonetic usagephonemes
Unicode valueunicode
Alphabetical positionalphanumber
Numerical value: number
History
Development
fam1
  • fam2
    • fam3
      • fam4
        • letter
Time periodusageperiod
Descendantschildren
Sisterssisters
Transliteration equivalentsequivalents
Variationsvariations
Other
Other letters commonly used withassociates
Associated numbersnumber

This template is intended to be used for a short, but accurate, description of a given page devoted to a Grapheme. Along with this, the template also automatically attaches a content warning for IPA symbols (see above/to the side) and a category tag for Category:Graphemes, both for technical measures. Below is the full Syntax for the template and the options for various parameters. Above/To the side is the transclusion of the template itself, with its parameters' values substituted for their respective italicized names in code.

Syntax

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{{Infobox grapheme
|name=
|letter=
|variations=
|image=
|imagesize=
|imagealt=
|image2=
|imagesize2=
|imagealt2=
|boxsize=
|script=
|type=
|typedesc=
|SHtype=
|SHform=
|mode=
|language=
|phonemes=
|unicode=
|alphanumber=
|number=
|fam1=
|fam2=
.
.
.
|fam20=
|usageperiod=
|children=
|sisters=
|equivalents=
|associates=
|direction=
}}

Options for type parameter

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Select color coding according to the type of writing system:

Abjad Alphabet Abugida Syllabary Semisyllabary
Manual Pictographic Ideographic Logographic
Stenography Shorthand Undeciphered Alternative (default)

Options for SHform parameter

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This field should only be included if "type" = stenography or shorthand. Select text color coding according to the shorthand letterforms:

Cursive Printed Stenographic Geometric Script
Semi-Script Elliptical Script-Geometric (default)

Options for SHtype parameter

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This field should only be included if "type" = stenography or shorthand. Select background color coding according to the type of writing system:

Abjadi Consonantal Alphabetic Abugida Syllabic
Semisyllabic Mixed Undeciphered Alternative (default)