Latin Capital Letter M
Part of Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126
On Windows, hold Alt and type 77 on the numeric keypad to insert latin capital letter m.
- Alt code
- Alt+77
- HTML entity
- M
- Unicode
- U+004D
About this symbol
M comes from mem, the Phoenician letter whose name meant water, and its zigzag shape is thought to show waves. It became the Greek mu.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
- Type
- Uppercase letter
- Unicode block
- Basic Latin
- Unicode group
- Uppercase Latin alphabet
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126 chart for related characters.