Em (Cyrillic)

Em (М м; italics: М м) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.^[1]

Em commonly represents the bilabial nasal consonant /m/, like the pronunciation of ⟨m⟩ in "him". Common Glagolitic script is "Ⰿ and Ⱞ"

It is derived from the Greek letter Mu (Μ μ).

The capital Cyrillic letter Em (М м) looks the same as the capital Latin letter M (M m) but, as with most Cyrillic letters, the lowercase form is simply a smaller version of the uppercase letter.

As used in the alphabets of various languages, Em represents the following sounds:

• bilabial nasal consonant /m/, like the pronunciation of ⟨m⟩ in "him" or meet
• palatalized bilabial nasal consonant /mʲ/

The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.

• Μ μ: Greek letter Mu
• M m: Latin letter M
• Ӎ ӎ: Cyrillic letter Em with tail