P

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. or early Baroque design of a P, from 1627 ==Use in writing systems==

English In English orthography, represents the sound . A common digraph in English is , which represents the sound , and can be used to transliterate phi in loanwords from Greek. In German, the digraph is common, representing a labial affricate . Most English words beginning with are of foreign origin, primarily French, Latin and Greek; these languages preserve the Proto-Indo-European initial *p. Native English cognates of such words often start with , since English is a Germanic language and thus has undergone Grimm's law; a native English word with an initial would reflect Proto-Indo-European initial *b, which is so rare that its existence as a phoneme is disputed. However, native English words with non-initial are quite common; such words can come from either Kluge's law or the consonant cluster (PIE: *p has been preserved after s). P is the eighth least frequently used letter in the English language. Other languages In most European languages, represents the sound . Other systems In the International Phonetic Alphabet, is used to represent the voiceless bilabial plosive. == Other uses ==

• A bold italic letter is used in musical notation as a dynamic indicator for "quiet". It stands for the Italian word piano. ==Related characters==

Ancestors, descendants and siblings The Latin letter P represents the same sound as the Greek letter Pi, but it looks like the Greek letter Rho. • 𐤐 : Semitic letter Pe, from which the following symbols originally derive: • Π π : Greek letter Pi • 𐌐 : Old Italic and Old Latin P, which derives from Greek Pi, and is the ancestor of modern Latin P. The Roman P had this form (𐌐) on coins and inscriptions until the reign of Claudius, . • : Gothic letter pertra/pairþa, which derives from Greek Pi • П п : Cyrillic letter Pe, which derives from Greek Pi • : Coptic letter Pi • Պ պ: Armenian letter Pe • P with diacritics: Ṕ ṕ Ṗ ṗ Ᵽ ᵽ Ƥ ƥ ᵱ ᶈ • Turned P: P d, an additional letter of the Latin script not encoded in Unicode • Uralic Phonetic Alphabet-specific symbols related to P: • • • • p : Subscript small p was used in the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet prior to its formal standardization in 1902 Derived ligatures, abbreviations, signs and symbols • ₱ : Philippine peso sign • 𝒫, 𝓅 : script letter P (uppercase and lowercase, respectively), used in mathematics. (In other contexts, a script typeface (or computer font) should be used.) • ℘ Weierstrass p • ℗ : sound recording copyright symbol • ♇ : Pluto symbol, a monogram of the letters "PL", and also the initials of Percival Lowell, heralding his role in its discovery • ꟼ : Reversed P was used in ancient Roman texts to stand for puella (girl) • Ꝑ ꝑ, Ꝓ ꝓ, Ꝕ, ꝕ : Various forms of P were used for medieval scribal abbreviations ==Other representations==

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