Pe (Armenian letter)

Not to be confused with the voiced velar approximant or the Cyrillic letter Cche.

Pe, or Peh (majuscule: Պ; minuscule: պ; Armenian: պե, պէ) is the twenty-sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 800.^[1] It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century. In Eastern Armenian, it represents the voiceless bilabial stop (/p/) while in Western Armenian, it represents the voiced bilabial stop (/b/).

Pe
Պ պ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	p (Eastern Armenian) b (Western Armenian)
In Unicode	U+057A, U+057A
Alphabetical position	26
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	800
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.

Its minuscule form is similar in shape to the voiced velar approximant (ɰ) and the Cyrillic letter Cche (Ꚇ ꚇ).

Gallery

Various historic fonts

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  Rounded Erkat'agir
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  Angular Erkat'agir
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  Bolorgir
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  Notrgir
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  Shghagir
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  Typographic form
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  Handwritten form
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  Khachkar in the shape of letter Պ

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Պ		պ
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER PEH		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER PEH
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1354	U+054A	1402	U+057A
UTF-8	213 138	D5 8A	213 186	D5 BA
Numeric character reference	Պ	Պ	պ	պ

See also

• Armenian alphabet
• Mesrop Mashtots
• Voiced velar approximant
• P