Pe (Cyrillic) facts for kids

Cyrillic letter Peh
Cyrillic alphabet
А	Б	В	Г	Ґ	Д	Ђ
Ѓ	Е	Ѐ	Ё	Є	Ж	З
Ѕ	И	Ѝ	І	Ї	Й	Ј
К	Л	Љ	М	Н	Њ	О
П	Р	С	Т	Ћ	Ќ	У
Ў	Ф	Х	Ц	Ч	Џ	Ш
Щ	Ъ	Ы	Ь	Э	Ю	Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ	Ӓ	Ә	Ӛ	Ӕ	Ғ	Ҕ
Ӻ	Ӷ	Ԁ	Ԃ	Ӗ	Ӂ	Җ
Ӝ	Ԅ	Ҙ	Ӟ	Ԑ	Ӡ	Ԇ
Ӣ	Ҋ	Ӥ	Қ	Ӄ	Ҡ	Ҟ
Ҝ	Ԟ	Ԛ	Ӆ	Ԓ	Ԡ	Ԉ
Ԕ	Ӎ	Ӊ	Ң	Ӈ	Ҥ	Ԣ
Ԋ	Ӧ	Ө	Ӫ	Ҩ	Ҧ	Ҏ
Ԗ	Ҫ	Ԍ	Ҭ	Ԏ	Ӯ	Ӱ
Ӳ	Ү	Ұ	Ҳ	Ӽ	Ӿ	Һ
Ҵ	Ҷ	Ӵ	Ӌ	Ҹ	Ҽ	Ҿ
Ӹ	Ҍ	Ӭ	Ԙ	Ԝ	Ӏ
Old letters
Ҁ	Ѻ	ОУ	Ѡ	Ѿ	Ѣ	Ꙗ
Ѥ	Ѧ	Ѫ	Ѩ	Ѭ	Ѯ	Ѱ
Ѳ	Ѵ	Ꙟ
List of Cyrillic letters
Cyrillic digraphs

Peh (П, п) is the fifteenth letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It makes the "p" sound, like in the word "pen." You can see its uppercase form as П and its lowercase form as п. When written in italic style, the lowercase letter looks like п.

What is the Cyrillic Letter Peh?

Peh is a very important letter used in many languages. These include Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Serbian. It helps people write words and communicate in these languages.

Where Did Peh Come From?

The letter Peh has a long history. It came from the Greek alphabet. Specifically, it came from the Greek letter called pi. The Greek letter pi looks like this: Π.

Just like the Greek letter pi, Peh also relates to the Roman letter P. The Roman alphabet is what we use for English. So, Peh is like the "P" in English, but it's part of the Cyrillic writing system.

Letters Similar to Peh

Sometimes, letters in different alphabets can look similar or make the same sound.

• The Greek letter П, п looks very much like Peh.
• The Roman letter P, p makes the same sound as Peh.
• Be careful not to confuse Peh (П, п) with the Cyrillic letter Р, р. The letter Er makes an "r" sound, even though it looks like the Roman letter "P".

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