Capital P in cursive
- Begin with a small hook at the top left and pull a straight stem down to the baseline.
- Return to the top of the stem and sweep right around the bowl.
- Bring the bowl back to touch the stem just above the midline.
Cursive P: Capital and Lowercase P in Cursive
Learn capital P and lowercase p in cursive. Capital P is a stem with a bowl at the top, and lowercase p drops below the baseline into a narrow loop.
How to write P in cursive
These steps follow the traditional school letters shown above. Other handwriting systems may form P differently, so stay consistent with the style you are learning.
Lowercase p in cursive
- Slant up from the baseline to the midline.
- Pull straight down below the baseline and form a narrow loop, returning up the stem.
- Round over a small bowl at the midline, close it at the baseline, and exit.
Common mistakes with cursive P
- Stopping the stem at the baseline, which makes lowercase p look like n.
- Leaving the capital bowl open, which makes P read as an unfinished R.
- Making the capital bowl fall to the baseline, which turns P into D.
Common cursive p connections
- pa
- pe
- pl
- pr
- po
Words that start with P in cursive
- practice
- paper
- peace
- people
Cursive P copy and paste
Click a character to copy it. These are Unicode characters, so they work in bios and messages but look different from the handwriting above. For a whole word, use the cursive generator.
Free cursive P worksheet
Trace the pair on each line, then write it yourself on the empty line below. Print it at full page size.
Open the P worksheet tool to change lines, size, and trace style →- Traditional school cursive font
- Three-line handwriting guides
- An empty practice line under every traced line