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==Related characters== <!-- Please only list characters (symbols in a writing system, but not just convenience code points in Unicode) that are actually related in terms of origin to the letter that is the topic of this article. Characters that merely look subjectively similar need not apply. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources before adding more. --> ===Ancestors, descendants and siblings=== The Latin letter P represents the same sound as the Greek letter [[Pi (letter)|Pi]], but it looks like the Greek letter [[Rho (letter)|Rho]]. *𐤐 : [[Phoenician alphabet|Semitic]] letter [[Pe (Semitic letter)|Pe]], from which the following symbols originally derive: **Π π : [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] letter [[Pi (letter)|Pi]] ***𐌐 : [[Old Italic script|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]], {{circa|50 AD}}. ***{{Script|Goth|𐍀}} : [[Gothic alphabet|Gothic]] letter pertra/pairþa, which derives from Greek Pi ***П п : [[Cyrillic]] letter [[Pe (Cyrillic)|Pe]], which derives from Greek Pi **{{Script|Copt|Ⲡ ⲡ}} : [[Coptic alphabet|Coptic]] letter Pi **Պ պ: [[Armenian alphabet|Armenian letter]] [[Pe (Armenian)|Pe]] *P with [[diacritic]]s: [[Acute accent|Ṕ ṕ]] [[Dot (diacritic)|Ṗ ṗ]] [[P with stroke|Ᵽ ᵽ]] [[Ƥ|Ƥ ƥ]] [[Tilde|ᵱ]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03174r2-mid-tilde.pdf|title=L2/03-174R2: Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Middle Tilde in the UCS|date=2003-09-30|first=Peter|last=Constable|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2017-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011013938/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03174r2-mid-tilde.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[ᶈ]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04132-n2740-phonetic.pdf|title=L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS|date=2004-04-19|first=Peter|last=Constable|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2017-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011014355/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04132-n2740-phonetic.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[Turned P]] *[[Uralic Phonetic Alphabet]]-specific symbols related to P:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02141-n2419-uralic-phonetic.pdf|title=L2/02-141: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet characters for the UCS|date=2002-03-20|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|author-link1=Michael Everson|display-authors=etal|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2018-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219081033/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02141-n2419-uralic-phonetic.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> **{{Unichar|1D18|LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL P}} **{{Unichar|1D3E|MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL P}} **{{Unichar|1D56|MODIFIER LETTER SMALL P}} *<sub>p</sub> : Subscript small p was used in the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet prior to its formal standardization in 1902<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09028-n3571-upa-additions.pdf|title=L2/09-028: Proposal to encode additional characters for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet|date=2009-01-27|first1=Klaas|last1=Ruppel|first2=Tero|last2=Aalto|first3=Michael|last3=Everson|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2017-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011014359/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09028-n3571-upa-additions.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Derived ligatures, abbreviations, signs and symbols=== *₱ : [[Philippine peso sign]] *𝒫, 𝓅 : [[Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols|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]] *[[Wikt:♇|♇]] : [[Pluto]] symbol *ꟼ : Reversed P was used in ancient Roman texts to stand for ''puella'' (girl)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06269-add-roman.pdf|title=L2/06-269: Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS|date=2006-08-01|first=David J.|last=Perry|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2019-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614231608/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06269-add-roman.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> *Ꝑ ꝑ, Ꝓ ꝓ, Ꝕ, ꝕ : Various forms of P were used for medieval [[scribal abbreviation]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf|title=L2/06-027: Proposal to add Medievalist characters to the UCS|date=2006-01-30|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Baker|first3=António|last3=Emiliano|first4=Florian|last4=Grammel|first5=Odd Einar|last5=Haugen|first6=Diana|last6=Luft|first7=Susana|last7=Pedro|first8=Gerd|last8=Schumacher|first9=Andreas|last9=Stötzner|access-date=2018-03-24|archive-date=2018-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919051622/https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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