What ᡏ means
It is the Oirat letter ma, representing the m sound.
Todo Bichig, also called Clear Script, was devised by Zaya Pandita in 1648 to represent Oirat speech more clearly than the older Mongolian script. It became a medium for Buddhist translations and works on medicine, astronomy, history, and literature.
The earliest surviving evidence is fragmentary: 17th-century manuscripts from Ablaikit mix Todo and Mongolian letter forms, showing the script's gradual emergence. Todo adapts traditional Mongolian writing, whose lineage runs through the older Old Uyghur writing tradition. Manchu and Sibe later developed their own adaptations of Mongolian writing.
What if someone sends ᡏ alone?
Treat it as part of a word, not a complete message.
On its own, it identifies neither a word nor a sentiment. Ask for the surrounding text before interpreting it.
Inside a longer text, ᡏ is a clue that the writing uses Todo orthography for Oirat.
In a word, it marks Todo/Oirat writing; alone, it reads as a text fragment.
If it arrives alone, ask for the surrounding text instead of guessing a meaning.
Drift: As of 2026, the Austrian Academy of Sciences collection records Todo in Xinjiang Oirat newspapers and periodicals; Kalmykia shifted to other orthographies.
Part of the collection
Who writes ᡏ
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Questions people ask
2Why does ᡏ change shape in a word?
Mongolian-script letters change shape by position. The font displays this same letter in isolated, initial, medial, or final form; these are positional shapes, not different letters.
Can I type ᡏ on a phone?
It depends on the keyboard. As of 2026, Unicode's keyboard guidance lists no official hexadecimal-entry method for iOS or Android. Use a character picker or a keyboard that supports Todo.
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- Search it as
- todo ma · todo bichig · tod usug · clear script · oirat script · oirat ma · kalmyk script · mongolian m
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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