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
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍЙІЇ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОŌПРСС́Т
ЋЌУӮЎФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЫ
ЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
А́А̀ӐА̄А̊А̃Ӓ
Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃ӚВ̌
ҒГ̧Г̑Г̄Г̣Г̌Ҕ
ӺҒ̌ӶԀԂ
Д̆Д̣ԪԬД̆Ӗ
Е̄Е̃Ё̄Є̈ӁҖ
ӜԄҘӞЗ̌З̱З̣
ԐԐ̈ӠԆӢИ̃Ҋ
ӤИ́ҚӃҠҞҜ
ԞК̣ԚӅԮԒԠ
ԈԔӍӉҢԨӇ
ҤԢԊО́О̀О̆О̂
О̃ӦӦ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆
ӪҨԤҦР̌ҎԖ
ҪС̣С̱ԌТ̌Т̣
ҬԎУ̃ӰӰ́
ӲҮҮ́ҰХ̣Х̱Х̮
Х̑ҲӼӾҺҺ̈Ԧ
ҴҶӴӋҸ
ҼҾЫ̆Ы̄
ӸҌЭ̆Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́
Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆Я̄
Я̈ԘԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ОУѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶ

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:

  • bilabial nasal consonant /m/, like the pronunciation of m in "him"
  • palatalized bilabial nasal consonant /mʲ/

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 nameCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EMCYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EM
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhex
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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