P
| P | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P p | |||
| Usage | |||
| Writing system | Latin script | ||
| Type | Alphabetic and logographic | ||
| Language of origin | Latin language | ||
| Sound values | [p] [pʰ] [(p)f] [pʼ] [b] /piː/ | ||
| In Unicode | U+0050, U+0070 | ||
| Alphabetical position | 16 | ||
| History | |||
| Development |
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| Time period | c. 700 BCE to present | ||
| Descendants | • Ᵽ • ₱ • ℘ • ⅌ • ℗ • ♇ • ꟼ • ¶ | ||
| Sisters | Π π Ⲡ П ף פ פּ ف ܦ ࠐ 𐎔 በ ጰ ፐ Պ պ प 𐍀 པ | ||
| Other | |||
| Associated graphs | p(x), ph | ||
| Writing direction | Left-to-right | ||
| ISO basic Latin alphabet |
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| AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz |
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 /ˈpiː/ ⓘ), plural pees.