Em (Cyrillic)

Cyrillic letter Em
Numeric value: 40
Phonetic usage: [m], [mʲ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍІЇЙ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОПРСС́ТЋ
ЌУЎФХЦЧ
ЏШЩЪЫЬЭ
ЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
А́А̀ӐА̄А̊А̃Ӓ
Ӓ̄В̌ӘӘ́Ә̃ӚӔ
ҒГ̧Г̑Г̄Г̣Г̌Ҕ
ӺҒ̌ӶԀԂ
Д̆Д̣ԪԬД̆Ӗ
Е̄Е̃Ё̄Є̈ӁҖ
ӜԄҘӞЗ̌З̱З̣
ԐԐ̈ӠԆӢИ̃Ҋ
ӤИ́ҚӃҠҞҜ
ԞК̣ԚӅԮԒԠ
ԈԔӍӉҢԨӇ
ҤԢԊО́О̀О̆О̂
О̃О̄ӦӦ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́
Ө̆ӪҨԤҦР̌Ҏ
ԖҪС̣С̱ԌТ̌Т̣
ҬԎУ̃Ӯ
ӰӰ́ӲҮҮ́ҰХ̣
Х̱Х̮Х̑ҲӼӾҺ
Һ̈ԦҴҶӴ
ӋҸҼҾ
Ы̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆Э̄Э̇
ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄
Я̆Я̄Я̈ԘԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ѸѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶ

Em м; italics: М м) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1]

Em commonly represents the bilabial nasal consonant /m/, like the pronunciation of m in "him".

It is derived from the Greek letter Mu (Μ μ).

Usage

As used in the alphabets of various languages, Em represents the following sounds:

The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.

LanguagePosition in
alphabet
Pronunciation
Belarusian14th/m/, /mʲ/
Bulgarian13th/m/, /mʲ/
Macedonian16th/m/
Russian14th/m/, /mʲ/
Serbo-Croatian15th/m/
Ukrainian17th/m/

Computing codes

CharacterМм
Unicode nameCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EMCYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EM
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode1052U+041C1084U+043C
UTF-8208 156D0 9C208 188D0 BC
Numeric character referenceММмм
KOI8-R and KOI8-U237ED205CD
Code page 855211D3210D2
Code page 8661408C172AC
Windows-1251204CC236EC
ISO-8859-5188BC220DC
Macintosh Cyrillic1408C236EC

References

  1. Nakanishi, Akira (1990), Writing Systems of the World, Tuttle Publishing, p. 20, ISBN 0804816549.
  • The dictionary definition of М at Wiktionary
  • The dictionary definition of м at Wiktionary
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