U+0721 "ܡ" Syriac Letter Mim Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ܡ

U+0721 "ܡ" Syriac Letter Mim is the thirteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet, representing the sound /m/ and corresponding to the Hebrew letter Mem. It belongs to the Syriac script, which is used to write several dialects of Syriac, an Eastern Middle Aramaic language historically spoken by Christian communities in the Middle East. In its various forms, including the Estrangela, Serto, and East Syriac scripts, the letter Mim appears with slight stylistic differences while retaining its basic shape and phonetic value. This character is encoded in the Unicode block for Syriac, which ranges from U+0700 to U+074F, and it plays a key role in both liturgical and literary Syriac texts, often appearing in religious manuscripts and modern digital typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+0721
Version Added 3.0
Name Syriac Letter Mim
Block Syriac
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ܡ
HTML Hex Encoding ܡ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xDC 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0721
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000721
C/C++/Java Escape \u0721

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Joining Group Mim
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Syriac
Script Extensions Syriac
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 OLetter