Umê is a cursive form of the Tibetan alphabet. The name means "headless," and is a style of the script used for both calligraphy and shorthand. A distinctive feature of umê compared to uchen is the absence of the horizontal guide line across the top of the letters. Between syllables, the tseg mark (་) often appears as a vertical stroke. There are two main kinds of umê writing:

• Zhuza , used for writing documents.
• Bêcug , used for writing scriptures.

There is also a block form of the Tibetan alphabet, containing a horizontal line, referred to as uchen .