H

See also: Appendix:Variations of "h" and ㅐ

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Translingual

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Letter

H (lower case h)

The eighth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

H

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

Usage notes

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

Gallery

Letter styles
Capital and lowercase versions of H, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase H in Fraktur

English

Etymology 1

From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɪtʃ/
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Audio (UK): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪtʃ

Letter

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

The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
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  On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.

Derived terms

H-shackle

Noun

H (usually uncountable, plural Hs)

(baseball) Abbreviation of hits.
(slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
(journalism) Abbreviation of half-year.
We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.
(British) 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

(a half-year): Q (½ H)

Adjective

H (not comparable)

(British) Abbreviation of hard in reference to a grade of pencil lead.
(linguistics) Abbreviation of high |in reference to a dialect's social status.
An H variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.

Meronyms

(pencil grade): 2H (ligher than H), HB (harder than H)

Number

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

Etymology 2

Calque of Arabic هـ (h-)

Adverb

H (not comparable)

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

H (uncountable)

Hentai.

Afar

Letter

H

The twentyfirst and penultimate letter in the Afar alphabet.

American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe H)

The letter H

Azerbaijani

Letter

H upper case (lower case h)

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

Chinese

Etymology

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): éichi

(Zhuyin): ㄟˊ ˙ㄔ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: H
  - Zhuyin: ㄟˊ ˙ㄔ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: éichi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: ei²-chʻih⁵
  - Yale: éi-chr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eir.chy
  - Palladius: эйчи (ejči)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) H

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

Verb

H

(neologism, slang) to have sex

Noun

(deprecated template usage) H

(neologism, slang) sexual intercourse

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haː/

Noun

H n

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɦaː/
Audio: (file)

Letter

H (capital, lowercase h)

The eighth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ho/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

H

Wikipedia ^et

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hoː/

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

Noun

H

(music) B

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʃ/
^help

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haː/
Rhymes: -aː

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

The eighth letter of the German alphabet.

Noun

H n (genitive H, no plural)

(music) B

Declension

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Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

H (lower case h)

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

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

H

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

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

Letter

H f (invariable, lower case h)

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

Japanese

Adjective

H(エッチ) or H(えっち) • (etchi)

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

Noun

H(エッチ) or H(えっち) • (etchi)

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

Verb

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

Alternative form of エッチ (etchi, “to fuck; to have sex with”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "Hする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	Hし	エッチし	etchi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	Hし	エッチし	etchi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	Hする	エッチする	etchi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	Hする	エッチする	etchi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	Hすれ	エッチすれ	etchi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

H

Wikipedia ^lv

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): [x]

Audio:

(file)

Letter

H

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

Usage notes

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].

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

H

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

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Letter

H

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

Norwegian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hoː/

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Portuguese

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha/, /haʃ/

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

The tenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /h/. Preceded by G and followed by I.

Saanich

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

H

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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /x/, /h/

Letter

H (lower case h)

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

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

H

Wikipedia ^sl

Pronunciation

Letter

H (capital, lowercase h)

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

Somali

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /hæ/

Letter

H upper case (lower case h)

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

Usage notes

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

Spanish

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

The eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Turkish

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hat̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hak̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [hak̚˦˥]
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Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

Zulu

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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