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How many phonemes in the word chill?

The word "chill" has four phonemes:

* ch (as in "chair") - /tʃ/

* i (as in "bit") - /ɪ/

* l (as in "light") - /l/

* l (as in "light") - /l/

Even though the "l" is spelled twice, it is only pronounced once, making it a single phoneme.

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