Μ
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤌 (m, “mēm”).
Letter
Μ • (M) (uppercase, lowercase μ)
- The letter mu (μῦ), the 12th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.
Derived terms
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)
- 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)
- 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