Em (Cyrillic)

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

Cyrillic letter Em
Phonetic usage:[m], [mʲ]
Numeric value:40
Derived from:Greek letter Mu μ)
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍЙІЇ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОŌПРСС́Т
ЋЌУӮЎФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЫ
ЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
А́А̀ӐА̄А̊А̃Ӓ
Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃ӚВ̌
ҒГ̑Г̣Г̌ҔӺҒ̌
ӶД̣Д̆ӖЕ̄Е̃Ё̄
Є̈ӁҖӜҘӞЗ̌
З̱З̣ԐԐ̈ӠӢИ̃
ҊӤИ́ҚӃҠҞ
ҜК̣ԚӅԮԒӍ
ӉҢԨӇҤО́О̀
О̆О̂О̃ӦӦ̄ӨӨ̄
Ө́Ө̆ӪҨԤР̌Ҏ
ҪС̣С̱Т̌Т̣ҬУ̃
ӰӰ́ӲҮҮ́ҰХ̣
Х̱Х̮Х̑ҲӼӾҺ
Һ̈ԦҴҶӴӋҸ
ҼҾЫ̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆
Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈
Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈ԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ОУѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶԘ
ԀԔԖԠԢ
Ҧ
ԂԄԈԊԌ
ԎԆԞ
ԪԬГ̧Г̄

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

Character information
PreviewМм
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EM CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EM
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1052U+041C1084U+043C
UTF-8208 156D0 9C208 188D0 BC
Numeric character referenceММмм
Named character referenceМм
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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