Mani (letter)

Mani, or Man (Asomtavruli: Ⴋ; Nuskhuri: ⴋ; Mkhedruli: მ; Mtavruli: Მ; Georgian: მანი, მან) is the 13th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

Mani
Ⴋ ⴋ მ Მ
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[m]
In Unicode	U+10AB, U+2D0B, U+10DB, U+1C9B
Alphabetical position	13
History
Time period	c. 430 to present
Transliterations	M
Other
Associated numbers	40
Writing direction	Left-to-right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 40.^[2] Mani commonly represents the voiced bilabial nasal /m/, like the pronunciation of ⟨m⟩ in "mine". It is typically romanized with the letter M.^[3]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli^[4]

nuskhuri^[5]

mkhedruli^[6]

Computer encodings

Character information

Preview	Ⴋ		ⴋ		მ		Მ
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER MAN[7]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER MAN[8]		GEORGIAN LETTER MAN[7]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER MAN
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4267	U+10AB	11531	U+2D0B	4315	U+10DB	7323	U+1C9B
UTF-8	225 130 171	E1 82 AB	226 180 139	E2 B4 8B	225 131 155	E1 83 9B	225 178 155	E1 B2 9B
Numeric character reference	Ⴋ	Ⴋ	ⴋ	ⴋ	მ	მ	Მ	Მ

Braille

mkhedruli[9]

See also

• Latin letter M
• Cyrillic letter Em
• ∂, symbol