Pe (Armenian letter)
| Pe | |
|---|---|
| Պ պ | |
|  | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script | 
| Type | Alphabetic | 
| Language of origin | Armenian language | 
| Sound values | p (Eastern Armenian) b (Western Armenian) | 
| In Unicode | U+057A, U+057A | 
| Alphabetical position | 26 | 
| History | |
| Time period | 405 to present | 
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 800 | 
Pe, or Peh (majuscule: Պ; minuscule: պ; Armenian: պե, պէ) is the twenty-sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It has a numerical value of 800.[1] It was created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century. In Eastern Armenian, it represents the voiceless bilabial stop (/p/) while in Western Armenian, it represents the voiced bilabial stop (/b/).
Its minuscule form is similar in shape to the voiced velar approximant (ɰ) and the Cyrillic letter Cche (Ꚇ ꚇ).
Gallery
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-  			.svg.png) Rounded Erkat'agir Rounded Erkat'agir
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-  			.svg.png) Shghagir Shghagir
-  			 Typographic form Typographic form
-  			 Handwritten form Handwritten form
-  			Khachkar in the shape of letter Պ
Computing codes
| Preview | Պ | պ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER PEH | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER PEH | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | 
| Unicode | 1354 | U+054A | 1402 | U+057A | 
| UTF-8 | 213 138 | D5 8A | 213 186 | D5 BA | 
| Numeric character reference | Պ | Պ | պ | պ |