Pe (Cyrillic)
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Pe (П п; italics: П п or П п; italics: П п) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
It commonly represents the unaspirated voiceless bilabial plosive Template:IPA, like the pronunciation of Template:Angbr in "spin".
History
The Cyrillic letter Pe was derived from the Greek letter Pi (Π π).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The name of Pe in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was Template:Script (pokoi), meaning "peaceful state".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
In the Cyrillic numeral system, Pe had a value of 80.
Form
The capital Cyrillic letter Pe looks exactly like the Greek capital Pi from which it is derived, and small Pe looks like a smaller version of the same, though with a less prominent horizontal bar (Greek Π π > Cyrillic П п). Pe is not to be confused with the Cyrillic letter El (Л л; italics: Л л), which has a hook on its left leg in some fonts (in others El resembles the Greek Lambda (Λ)).
In italics and handwriting, capital Pe looks identical to the Greek capital Pi in these forms. The lowercase forms, however, differ among the languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet. Small italic Cyrillic Pe Template:Angbr in the majority of fonts or handwritten styles looks like the small italic Latin N Template:Angbr. In handwritten Serbian, however, it appears as a Latin U Template:Angbr with a bar over it Template:Angbr.
Usage
As used in the alphabets of various languages, Pe represents the following sounds:
- voiceless bilabial plosive Template:IPA, like the pronunciation of Template:Angbr in "pack"
- palatalized voiceless bilabial plosive Template:IPA
The pronunciations shown in the table are the primary ones for each language; for details consult the articles on the languages.
| Language | Position in alphabet |
Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Belarusian | 17th | Template:IPA, Template:IPA |
| Bulgarian | 16th | Template:IPA, Template:IPA |
| Macedonian | 20th | Template:IPA |
| Russian | 17th | Template:IPA, Template:IPA |
| Serbian | 19th | Template:IPA |
| Ukrainian | 20th | Template:IPA, Template:IPA |
| Kazakh | 22nd | Template:IPA |
| Abkhaz | 19th | Template:IPA |
Related letters and other similar characters
- Π π : Greek letter Pi
- Ԥ ԥ : Cyrillic letter Pe with descender
- Ҧ ҧ : Cyrillic letter Pe with middle hook
- Л л : Cyrillic letter El
- N n : Latin letter N
- P p : Latin letter P
- Р р : Cyrillic letter Er