P

How to type it

Right pinky; hold Shift for the capital. Introduced in Lesson 11: Top row: q and p.

Common uses

• P is made by closing the lips and releasing a puff of air, as in pen.
• P is silent at the start of words like psychology and pneumonia.

Less common uses

• P is the chemical symbol for phosphorus.
• The Greek letter rho looks like P but stands for an R sound.