U+3141 "ㅁ" Hangul Letter Mieum Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㅁ
U+3141 "ㅁ" Hangul Letter Mieum is a basic consonant in the Korean Hangul alphabet, representing the sound /m/ as in the English word "moon". Its shape symbolically evokes the outline of a mouth, aligning with the traditional linguistic principles of Hangul's creation in the 15th century, where consonants were designed to mimic the speech organs involved in their pronunciation. As one of the fourteen fundamental consonants, mieum is essential for forming Korean syllables, appearing in both initial and final positions within syllable blocks, and it serves as a foundational character for learners of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3141 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Letter Mieum |
| Block | Hangul Compatibility Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄆ" U+1106 Hangul Choseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㅁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㅁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x85 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3141 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003141 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3141 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ᄆ" U+1106 Hangul Choseong Mieum |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ᄆ" U+1106 Hangul Choseong Mieum |
| Script | Hangul |
| Script Extensions | Hangul |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |