Letter 13 of 26
The letter M in braille
M is dots 1, 3 and 4.
Dots 1-3-4
Unicode ⠍ — U+280D
How to recognise it
Dots 1, 3 and 4. m is c plus dot 3, and it is easy to confuse with u until you notice m has its extra dot on the top row, not the bottom.
How this cell is built
M belongs to decade 2. It is the letter c with dot 3 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
cdot 3m
Easily confused with
These letters differ from M by a single dot, which is where reading errors actually happen. Drill them against each other rather than in alphabetical order.
Practice words
Each word below starts with M, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
man
more
make
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, M means “more”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter m. See the contraction reference for the full list.