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==Related characters== <!-- Please only list characters (symbols in a writing system, but not just convenience code points in Unicode) that are actually related in terms of origin to the letter that is the topic of this article. Characters that merely look subjectively similar need not apply. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources before adding more. --> ===Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet=== *M with [[diacritic]]s: [[Ḿ|Ḿ ḿ]] [[Dot (diacritic)|Ṁ ṁ Ṃ ṃ]] M̃ m̃ ᵯ<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03174r2-mid-tilde.pdf|title=L2/03-174R2: Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Middle Tilde in the UCS|date=2003-09-30|first=Peter|last=Constable|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2017-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011013938/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03174r2-mid-tilde.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]-specific symbols related to M: {{IPA link|ɱ}} {{IPA link|ɰ}} *Ɱ : [[Ɱ|Capital M with hook]] *[[Uralic Phonetic Alphabet]]-specific symbols related to M:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02141-n2419-uralic-phonetic.pdf|title=L2/02-141: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet characters for the UCS|date=2002-03-20|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|author-link1=Michael Everson|display-authors=etal|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2018-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219081033/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02141-n2419-uralic-phonetic.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> **{{Unichar|1D0D|LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL M}} **{{Unichar|1D1F|LATIN SMALL LETTER SIDEWAYS TURNED M}} **{{Unichar|1D39|MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL M}} **{{Unichar|1D50|MODIFIER LETTER SMALL M}} **{{Unichar|1D5A|MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED M}} *Some symbols related to M were used by the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet prior to its formal standardization in 1902:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09028-n3571-upa-additions.pdf|title=L2/09-028: Proposal to encode additional characters for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet|date=2009-01-27|first1=Klaas|last1=Ruppel|first2=Tero|last2=Aalto|first3=Michael|last3=Everson|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2017-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011014359/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09028-n3571-upa-additions.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> **{{Unichar|2098|LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER M}} **{{Unichar|A7FA|LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL TURNED M}} *The [[Teuthonista]] phonetic transcription system uses {{Unichar|AB3A|LATIN SMALL LETTER M WITH CROSSED-TAIL}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11202-n4081-teuthonista.pdf|title=L2/11-202: Revised proposal to encode "Teuthonista" phonetic characters in the UCS|date=2011-06-02|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Alois|last2=Dicklberger|first3=Karl|last3=Pentzlin|first4=Eveline|last4=Wandl-Vogt|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2017-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011012426/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11202-n4081-teuthonista.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> *Other variations used for phonetic transcription:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04132-n2740-phonetic.pdf|title=L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS|date=2004-04-19|first=Peter|last=Constable|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2017-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011014355/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04132-n2740-phonetic.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[ᶆ]] [[ᶬ]] [[ᶭ]] *Ɯ ɯ : [[Ɯ|Turned M]] *ꟽ : Inverted M was used in ancient Roman texts to stand for ''mulier'' (woman)<ref name="L206269">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06269-add-roman.pdf|title=L2/06-269: Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS|date=2006-08-01|first=David J.|last=Perry|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2019-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614231608/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06269-add-roman.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> *ꟿ : Archaic M was used in ancient Roman texts to abbreviate the personal name 'Manius' (A regular capital M was used for the more common personal name 'Marcus')<ref name="L206269"/> *ℳ : currency symbol for [[German gold mark|Mark]] ===Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets=== *𐤌 : [[Phoenician alphabet|Semitic]] letter [[Mem]], from which the following symbols originally derive: **Μ μ : [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] letter [[Mu (letter)|Mu]], from which M derives ***{{Script|Copt|Ⲙ ⲙ}} : [[Coptic alphabet|Coptic]] letter Me, which derives from Greek Mu ***М м : [[Cyrillic]] letter [[Em (Cyrillic)|Em]], also derived from Mu ***𐌌 : [[Old Italic script|Old Italic]] M, which derives from Greek Mu, and is the ancestor of modern Latin M ****{{Script|Runr|ᛗ}} : [[Runes|Runic]] letter [[Mannaz]], which derives from old Italic M ***{{Script|Goth|𐌼}} : [[Gothic alphabet|Gothic]] letter manna, which derives from Greek Mu ===Ligatures and abbreviations=== *₥ : [[Mill (currency)]] *{{not a typo|™}} : [[Trademark symbol]] *{{not a typo|℠}} : [[Service mark symbol]]
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