U+2098 "ₘ" Latin Subscript Small Letter M Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2098 "ₘ" Latin Subscript Small Letter M is a typographic symbol classified as a Latin subscript modifier letter, primarily used in phonetic transcription and linguistic notation to indicate a reduced, unstressed, or secondary articulation involving a bilabial nasal sound, often appearing in systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet or in medieval manuscript abbreviations. It is part of the Unicode block Latin Extended-D, which contains characters for historical and scholarly text representation, and it is distinct from the regular lowercase "m" in that it is designed to sit below the baseline, typically following a base character in a word or formula. While not commonly found in everyday writing, this subscript m helps clarify pronunciation details or scientific notation in fields like phonetics, linguistics, and mathematics, where space and precision are valued.

General Properties

Code Point U+2098
Version Added 6.0
Name Latin Subscript Small Letter M
Block Superscripts and Subscripts
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Sub
Decomposition Mapping "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ₘ
HTML Hex Encoding ₘ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x82 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2098
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002098
C/C++/Java Escape \u2098

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Other Lowercase Yes
Case Ignorable Yes
Cased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
NFKC Simple Casefold "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M
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