U+006D "m" Latin Small Letter M Unicode Character

U+006D "m" Latin Small Letter M is a fundamental character in the Latin alphabet, representing the voiced bilabial nasal sound commonly found in languages such as English, where it appears in words like "mother" and "moon." As part of the Basic Latin block, it occupies the same code point as its ASCII counterpart, ensuring broad compatibility across digital systems. Visually, it consists of two connected arches descending from a vertical stem, and it is typically used as a lowercase letter in text, often serving as a symbol for units of measurement like meters in science.

General Properties

Code Point	U+006D
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter M
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	m
HTML Hex Encoding	m
UTF-8 Encoding	0x6D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x006D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000006D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u006d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
East Asian Width	Narrow
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M
Uppercase Code Point	"M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M
Titlecase Code Point	"M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower