Letter 16 of 26
The letter P in braille
P is dots 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Dots 1-2-3-4
Unicode ⠏ — U+280F
How to recognise it
Dots 1, 2, 3 and 4. p is f plus dot 3, and it is the mirror of the letter that follows patterns you already know — the left column is full, with one dot reaching right.
How this cell is built
P belongs to decade 2. It is the letter f with dot 3 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
fdot 3p
Easily confused with
These letters differ from P by a single dot, which is where reading errors actually happen. Drill them against each other rather than in alphabetical order.
Practice words
Each word below starts with P, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
put
play
paper
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, P means “people”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter p. See the contraction reference for the full list.