P

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The Latin alphabet
	Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd
Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj
Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp
Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv
	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz

Drawing the letter p.

P is the sixteenth (number 16) letter in the English alphabet.

History

Phoenician P	Archaic Greek Pi	Greek Pi	Cyrillic Pe	Etruscan P	Latin P

Meanings for P

• In chemistry, P is the symbol for the element phosphorus, or sometimes for phosphate.
• In chess, P is sometimes used as a symbol for the pawn piece.
• In American football, P is used as a symbol for the punter.

Related pages

• Pi (mathematical constant)

Other websites

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