Mīm
| connected shapes | ||
|---|---|---|
| ـم | ـمـ | مـ |
| to the right | both sides | to the left |
Mīm ,ميم, is the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet . It emerged from the Phoenician Mem and is thus related to the Latin M , the Greek My and the Hebrew Mem . The numerical value 40 is assigned to it.
Sound value and transcription
The Mim corresponds to the German M in "Martha". It is therefore reproduced with an "m" in the DMG inscription.
Mim in Unicode
| Unicode codepoint | U + 0645 |
|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER MEEM |
| HTML | & # 1605; |
| ISO 8859-6 | 0xe5 |