H

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LetterH.svg
H U+0048, H
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
← G
[U+0047] 		Basic Latin I →
[U+0049]
Ｈ U+FF28, Ｈ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
← Ｇ
[U+FF27] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｉ →
[U+FF29]

Translingual[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the Etruscan letter 𐌇 (h, “he”), from the Ancient Greek letter Η (Ē, “eta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤇‎ (ḥ, “het”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈈 or maybe 𓉗.

Letter[edit]

H (lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also[edit]

Symbol[edit]

H

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for hydrogen.
  2. (physics) Symbol for a henry, a unit for measurement of electrical inductance in the International System of Units.
  3. (mechanics) Symbol for a generic Hamiltonian.
  4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for histidine
  5. (mathematics) Homology group or cohomology group

Usage notes[edit]

  • (in mathematics) An H with a numerical (or variable) superscript denotes a homology group; with a subscript, it denotes a cohomology group.

Gallery[edit]

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of H, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase H in Fraktur

See also[edit]

Other representations of H:

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eɪtʃ/
  • (non-standard except Ireland) IPA(key): /heɪtʃ/
  • Audio (UK)
    		(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪtʃ

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h, plural Hs or H's)

  1. The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

H (usually uncountable, plural Hs)

  1. (baseball) Abbreviation of hits.
  2. (slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
    • 2006, Hank Williams III (lyrics and music), “Crazed Country Rebel”, in Straight to Hell:
      Then I got some H / From my old Uncle Pete / Now I'm startin' to feel / Like I might've ODed
  3. (journalism) Abbreviation of half-year.
    We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.
  4. (Britain) A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.
    1. A pencil of grade H.
Meronyms[edit]
  • (a half-year): Q (½ H)

Adjective[edit]

H (not comparable)

  1. (Britain) Abbreviation of hard in reference to a grade of pencil lead.
  2. (linguistics) Abbreviation of high |in reference to a dialect's social status.
    An H variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.
  3. (philately) Abbreviation of hinged.
Meronyms[edit]
  • (pencil grade): 2H (ligher than H), HB (harder than H)

Number[edit]

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H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The ordinal number eighth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2[edit]

Calque of Arabic هـ‎ (h-)

Adverb[edit]

H (not comparable)

  1. (calendar terms) Synonym of AH: in the year of the Hegira, used to mark dates employing the Islamic calendar.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Japanese エッチ (“the Latin letter H”), from English H as an abbreviation of 変態 (hentai, “perverted; pervert; perverted art”)

Noun[edit]

H (uncountable)

  1. Hentai.

Afar[edit]

Letter[edit]

H

  1. The twentyfirst and penultimate letter in the Afar alphabet.

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Letter[edit]

H upper case (lower case h)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Southern) IPA(key): /a.t͡ʃe/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /ha.t͡ʃe/

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Basque alphabet, called hatxe and written in the Latin script.

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Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese H (etchi), initialism of 変態 (hentai, “sexual perversion”). Sometimes reinterpreted by Chinese speakers as initialism of Mandarin 黃／黄 (huáng) or Cantonese 鹹／咸 (haam4).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

H

  1. (neologism, slang) dirty; lewd; perverted
  2. (neologism, slang, attributive) sexual; pornographic

Verb[edit]

H

  1. (neologism, slang) to have sex

Noun[edit]

H

  1. (neologism, slang) sexual intercourse

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

H n

  1. H (the 10th letter in the Czech alphabet)
  2. (music) B

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (capital, lowercase h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ho and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian[edit]

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called haa or hašš and written in the Latin script.

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Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /h/ (mostly)
  • IPA(key): /ˈhoː/, [ˈho̞ː] (name of letter)

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hoo and written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

H

  1. (music) B

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the French alphabet, called ache and written in the Latin script.

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the German alphabet.

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

H n (genitive H, no plural)

  1. (music) B

Declension[edit]

Declension of H (uncountable)
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das H
genitive eines des H
dative einem dem H
accusative ein das H

See also[edit]

  • B (“B-flat”)

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈx]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈhaː]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called há and written in the Latin script.
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative H H-k
accusative H-t H-kat
dative H-nak H-knak
instrumental H-val H-kkal
causal-final H-ért H-kért
translative H-vá H-kká
terminative H-ig H-kig
essive-formal H-ként H-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive H-ban H-kban
superessive H-n H-kon
adessive H-nál H-knál
illative H-ba H-kba
sublative H-ra H-kra
allative H-hoz H-khoz
elative H-ból H-kból
delative H-ról H-król
ablative H-tól H-któl
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		H-é H-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		H-éi H-kéi
Possessive forms of H
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. H-m H-im
2nd person sing. H-d H-id
3rd person sing. H-ja H-i
1st person plural H-nk H-ink
2nd person plural H-tok H-itok
3rd person plural H-juk H-ik

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Etymology 2[edit]

Abbreviation of Hungary.

Noun[edit]

H

  1. Hungary (on license plates)

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /ˈakka/
  • (phoneme is silent)

Letter[edit]

H f (invariable, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Italian alphabet, called acca and written in the Latin script.

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Japanese[edit]

Adjective[edit]

H(エッチ) • (etchi) 

  1. Alternative form of エッチ (etchi, “dirty; lewd; perverted; sexual”)

Noun[edit]

H(エッチ) • (etchi) 

  1. Alternative form of エッチ (etchi, “sexual intercourse”)

Verb[edit]

H(エッチ)する • (etchi suru) suru (stem H(エッチ)し (etchi shi), past H(エッチ)した (etchi shita))

  1. Alternative form of エッチ (etchi, “to fuck; to have sex with”)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of "Hする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) Hし エッチし etchi shi
Continuative (連用形) Hし エッチし etchi shi
Terminal (終止形) Hする エッチする etchi suru
Attributive (連体形) Hする エッチする etchi suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) Hすれ エッチすれ etchi sure
Imperative (命令形) Hせよ¹
Hしろ² 		エッチせよ¹
エッチしろ² 		etchi seyo¹
etchi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive Hされる エッチされる etchi sareru
Causative Hさせる
Hさす 		エッチさせる
エッチさす 		etchi saseru
etchi sasu
Potential Hできる エッチできる etchi dekiru
Volitional Hしよう エッチしよう etchi shiyō
Negative Hしない エッチしない etchi shinai
Negative continuative Hせず エッチせず etchi sezu
Formal Hします エッチします etchi shimasu
Perfective Hした エッチした etchi shita
Conjunctive Hして エッチして etchi shite
Hypothetical conditional Hすれば エッチすれば etchi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Latvian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Letter[edit]

H

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called hā and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes[edit]

The letter H/h (like F/f, and O/o representing [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings). Note that it represents the sound of IPA [x] (like German machen, ach), not (as in most other alphabets based on the Latin script) the sound of IPA [h].

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Malay[edit]

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [et͡ʃ], [het͡ʃ]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [h]

Letter[edit]

H

  1. The eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Polish alphabet, called ha and written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called haș, ha, or hî and written in the Latin script.

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Saanich[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H

  1. The tenth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (lower case h)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Slovene[edit]

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (capital, lowercase h)

  1. The 9th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by G and followed by I.

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Somali[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H upper case (lower case h)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Somali alphabet, called ha and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes[edit]

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by W and followed by Y.

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Spanish[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. the eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called he and written in the Latin script.

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Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called hắt, hát, or hờ and written in the Latin script.

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Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called aitsh and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ng and followed by I.

Mutation[edit]

  • H cannot be mutated in Welsh.

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “H”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The ninth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called hí and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu[edit]

Letter[edit]

H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

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