Cursive P

The letter P in cursive: capital and lowercase, with stroke-by-stroke steps. Trace it, print it, save it as a PDF, or download a PNG. Free, no sign-up.

Cursive P — capital and lowercase P in cursive, free printable (PDF)

Capital and lowercase P in cursive

Print this big cursive P and p to trace, or download it as a PNG.

Cursive letter P practice sheet: uppercase and lowercase in hollow outline on ruled lines, to trace

How the cursive p works: joins, family, and the usual mistake

P is an undercurve-family letter (i, j, p, r, s, t, u, w) with a straight descender. Looping the descender makes p collapse into j. Keep the downstroke straight.

Practice words: Pia, pen, play. For dotted, dashed, and faint practice rows of any word at seven difficulty levels, use the handwriting worksheet generator.

The cursive capital P

The cursive capital P is a tall stem with one rounded lobe closing at the midline. In most school styles it stands alone and does not join to the next letter.

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Make it yours: build dotted, dashed, and faint practice rows of any word with the Handwriting Worksheet Generator. How to use this sheet: teach by letter family, lowercase first: cursive: when to start and what order to teach.

Write a whole name in cursive

The cursive name worksheet sets any first name in joined cursive: a model row, faded rows to trace and blank lines to write it freehand. Paste a class list for one sheet per child. Want copy-paste text instead? The cursive fonts generator sets what you type in Unicode.

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Cursive P: FAQ

Undercurve from the baseline to the midline. Drop a straight stem down past the baseline — no loop on the way down. Retrace up, draw a closed bowl that sits on the baseline, and exit right. p's stem is a plain stick, not a loop — that is what separates it from j.
The cursive capital P is a tall stem with one rounded lobe closing at the midline. In most school styles it stands alone and does not join to the next letter.
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Yes, every letter A–Z has its own cursive page with stroke-by-stroke steps. Head back to the Cursive Alphabet for the whole set, or jump to another letter with the strip above.