What 엠 means
It is a Hangul syllable, not an M symbol. Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in a 1446 book for writing Korean more easily. As of 2026, this exact block has no separate older history.
Read 엠 as “em”: the letter name, an abbreviation sound, or an M-shape marker by context.
Neutral Korean letter-name spelling, not a reaction.
Read it as M before treating it as an emoji.
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Who writes 엠
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThe Korean name of the Latin letter M.
Don't confuse it with
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How to type or find 엠
- Search it as
- 엠 · M · m · 엠자
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
엠CSS
\C5E0Dubeolsik IME
Switch to Korean input and press d, p, a to compose 엠.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
엠
HTML hex
엠
CSS content
content: "\C5E0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%97%A0
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.