Em (М м; italics:
''М м'') is a letter of the
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking c ...
.
Em commonly represents the
bilabial nasal
The voiced bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in almost all spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is m. The bilabial nasal occurs in ...
consonant , like the pronunciation of in "him". Common Glagolitic script is "Ⰿ and Ⱞ"
It is derived from the
Greek letter Mu (Μ μ).
Usage
As used in the alphabets of various languages, Em represents the following sounds:
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bilabial nasal
The voiced bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in almost all spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is m. The bilabial nasal occurs in ...
consonant , like the pronunciation of in "him" or meet
* palatalized
bilabial nasal
The voiced bilabial nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in almost all spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is m. The bilabial nasal occurs in ...
consonant
The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.
Related letters and other similar characters
*Μ μ :
Greek letter Mu
*M m :
Latin letter M
*Ӎ ӎ :
Cyrillic letter Em with tail
Computing codes
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