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latin small letter m

Lowercase m

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In a message, lowercase m needs context: it can stand for male, million, or metre (meter). Introductions, amounts and measurements give you the clue; a one-letter reply on its own does not tell you which meaning the sender intended.

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What m means

Read the words around m before choosing a meaning. Next to an age it usually marks gender, after a money figure it means million, and after a length it is the metre. A bare one-letter reply could be shorthand or a typing slip, so ask “What did you mean by m?” rather than reading a mood into one letter.

A lone m gives your recipient little to work with; spell out the intended word when clarity matters.

Do not guess what m stands for when money, identity, or plans depend on it.

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Who writes m

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

In an age-and-gender introduction, male.

Don't confuse it with

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rn The letters r and n side by side can pass for m in small or tightly spaced text, a trick used in fake web addresses. Zoom in before trusting a link.

Worth knowing

  • The letter goes back to the Phoenician letter mem, whose name meant water; its wavy shape passed through Greek mu into the Latin alphabet.

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How to type or find m

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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 006D, then AltX to get m.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “latin small letter m”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 006d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
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CSS
\006D
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\006D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
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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

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Families this belongs to

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