What 𐿬 means
It is the letter for the consonant m in Elymaic.
Elymaic is an Aramaic-derived abjad, a writing system that mainly records consonants. It is written right to left, and its letters do not join. The name “mem” follows the Aramaic letter-naming tradition.
As a standalone character, it identifies the m-letter; a surrounding word or inscription supplies the rest of the meaning.
Where does Elymaic come from?
It grew from Aramaic official writing.
In ancient Elymais, administrators adapted an Aramaic chancery script (a formal government hand) to write standard Achaemenid Aramaic. Elymaic was also used in local administration, royal stone inscriptions, sacred reliefs, and coin legends.
A closely resembling inscription at Hong-e Kamalwand dates to around 100 BCE; the best-attested Elymaic corpus is from the 1st–3rd centuries CE. The representative form used in Unicode is based on stone inscriptions at Tang-e Sarvak. Elymaic is historically connected to Parthian and Mandaic scripts; the precise relationship with Mandaic is disputed.
Fits a history or language note; by itself, it represents only the consonant m.
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Questions people ask
1Why does Elymaic mem look different in different fonts?
It can. Fonts may draw the same character with different outlines; Unicode's representative form is based on stone inscriptions at Tang-e Sarvak.
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How to type or find 𐿬
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- elymaean · elymais · aramaic mem · parthian script · mandaic mem · tang-e-sarvak · elymaic m · right-to-left script
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𐿬\10FECCodes and encoding1 code points
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