What means
It writes the m consonant in Sunuwar. The Sunuwar letter ma appears inside words in the Sunuwar script, also known as Jentich.
An undated community account calls earlier writing “Koĩts-BreɁse” and connects it with animal skins. The modern Sunuwar script took shape in the 1940s to write the language; later users added letters and adjusted spelling for additional sounds and vowel length.
Why can Sunuwar spelling change by region?
The m consonant stays the same, but an unwritten vowel can change the syllable. In Nepalese Sunuwar spelling, a consonant has no built-in following vowel. In Sikkim, some spelling uses an abugida pattern, where a consonant can carry an unwritten default vowel, a short neutral vowel. That can change how a syllable is read, while still marks m.
How can I type ?
Use a Unicode-aware Sunuwar keyboard. For the exact letter, the keyboard must output this Unicode character rather than a Latin-key substitute.
Older Sunuwar fonts such as Kirat1, Kaatich, and Mukdum mapped letters to Latin-key positions; text may look like Sunuwar while storing different characters.
Sunuwar typing, as of 2026, still depends on specialized fonts and keyboard support. Font families can draw the same encoded letter with different proportions, so a changed outline does not by itself mean a different character.
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4Questions people ask
1Can fonts change how looks?
Yes. Sunuwar font families vary in proportions, while the encoded letter can remain the same.
How to type
𑯇\11BC7Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.