P/p

Also known as p, pee, ᴘ, P, Papa, papa

P, or p, is the sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is pee (pronounced ), plural pees.

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P is the sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet and is used in English and many other languages around the world. It matters because it's a fundamental component of written communication, helping to form the words and sounds we use every day in reading and writing.

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Key facts

Grapheme.name: P
Grapheme.letter: P p
Grapheme.script: Latin script
Grapheme.type: Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc: ic and logographic
Grapheme.language: Latin language
Grapheme.phonemes: [][][()][][]
Grapheme.unicode: U+0050, U+0070
Grapheme.alphanumber: 16
Grapheme.fam1: D21
Grapheme.fam2: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-sinaitic P'it
Grapheme.fam3: class=skin-invert-image|20px
Grapheme.fam4: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Phoenician Pe
Grapheme.fam5: class=skin-invert-image|20px
Grapheme.fam6: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Ancient Greek Pi
Grapheme.fam7: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Early Greek Pi
Grapheme.fam8: class=skin-invert-image|20px
Grapheme.fam9: 𐌐

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Wikidata facts

Image: Semaphore Papa.svg

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Commons category: P
Unicode character: Ｐ
Commons gallery: P
code: P

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History
Use in writing systems
English
Other languages
Other systems
Other uses
Related characters
Ancestors, descendants and siblings
Derived ligatures, abbreviations, signs and symbols
Other representations
Computing <span class="anchor" id="Computing codes"></span>
Other
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References
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==History== The Semitic Pê (mouth), as well as the Greek Π or π (Pi), and the Etruscan and Latin letters that developed from the former alphabet all symbolized , a voiceless bilabial plosive. {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#eee;"9997145563 !Egyptian !Proto-Sinaitic !Proto-Canaanitepʿit ! Phoenician Pe ! Western GreekPi ! Etruscan P ! LatinP |- style="text-align:center;" | | class=skin-invert-image|25px | class=skin-invert-image|25px | class=skin-invert-image|25px | class=skin-invert-image|25px | class=skin-invert-image|25px | class=skin-invert-image|x30px|Latin P |} thumb|180px|center|Late Renaissance or early [[Baroque design of a P, from 1627]]