phoneme

/ˈfoʊnim/

(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

中文释义：音素

The English language has about 44 phonemes, including vowels and consonants.

英语大约有44个音素，包括元音和辅音。

Children learn to distinguish different phonemes when they start reading.

儿童开始阅读时学习区分不同的音素。