letter

[1]	inscribe , write , spell (out)

[1]	missive , character , symbol , sign
[2]	missive , letter of the alphabet , alphabetic character , epistle , communication , note , line , message , dispatch/despatch , correspondence
[3]	letters , literature , the humanities , belles-lettres , the classics , erudition , culture , the world of letters , learning , scholarship
[4]	to the letter , precisely , literally , exactly , accurately , strictly , sic , thus , letter for letter , literatim , word for word , verbatim
[5]	varsity letter