Μ

See also: μ, Ϻ, M, М, μ', μ-, and Appendix:Variations of "m"

Μ U+039C, Μ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU ← Λ [U+039B] Greek and Coptic Ν → [U+039D]

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤌 (m, “mēm”).

Letter

Μ • (M) (uppercase, lowercase μ)

1. The letter mu (μῦ), the 12th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Cyrillic) М
• (Coptic) Ⲙ
• (Gothic) 𐌼

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Symbol

Μ • (ↂ)

1. A digit 10,000 in the decimal acrophonic numeral system that predated the gematria system. An abbreviation of μυριάς (muriás, “myriad”). Equivalent to the Roman digit ↂ, i.e. ⅭⅭⅠↃↃ.

Usage notes

The basic acrophonic units are Ι 1, 𐅃 5, Δ 10, Η 100, Χ 1000 and Μ 10,000. Μ is iterated for ΜΜ 20,000, ΜΜΜ 30,000 and ΜΜΜΜ 40,000, and combines with 𐅃 for 50,000.

Derived terms

• 𐅕 10,000 staters
• 𐅇 50,000

Greek

Letter

Μ • (M) (uppercase, lowercase μ)

1. The upper case letter mu (μι), the twelfth letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• Μ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• Μ΄
• ͵Μ