U+1DAC "ᶬ" Modifier Letter Small M with Hook Unicode Character

U+1DAC "ᶬ" Modifier Letter Small M with Hook is a typographic symbol used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiced labiodental nasal, a speech sound produced by lowering the velum to allow air to escape through the nose while the lower lip is raised toward the upper front teeth. It is constructed by combining the shape of a small letter m with a right hook attached to the top of its stem, which indicates its articulation as a labiodental rather than the standard bilabial nasal. This character is primarily employed in phonetic transcription for languages such as Kukuya, a Bantu language of Congo, where it distinguishes meaning in words that contrast labiodental and bilabial nasals, and it also appears in endangered language documentation and phonological studies.