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This article is about the letter of the Latin alphabet. For other uses, see P (disambiguation).
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.[1]
For technical reasons, ":P" redirects here. For the keyboard symbol, see List of emoticons.
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Writing system | Latin script | ||
Type | Alphabetic and Logographic | ||
Language of origin | Latin language | ||
Phonetic usage | [p] [pʰ] [(p)f] [pʼ] [b] /piː/ | ||
Unicode codepoint | U+0050, U+0070 | ||
Alphabetical position | 16 | ||
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Time period | ~-700 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 | |||
Other letters commonly used with | p(x), ph | ||
Writing direction | Left-to-Right | ||
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. |
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