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H

See also:Appendix:Variations of "h",н[U+043D CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EN],andㅐ[U+3150 HANGUL LETTER AE]
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HU+0048,H
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
←G
[U+0047] 		Basic Latin I→
[U+0049]
Character variations
ＨU+FF28,Ｈ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
←Ｇ
[U+FF27] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｉ→
[U+FF29]

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Etymology

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From theEtruscanletter𐌇(h,he),from theAncient GreekletterΗ(Ē,eta),derived from thePhoenicianletter𐤇(ḥ,het),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓈈or maybe𓉗.

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H(lower caseh)

  1. The eighth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

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H

  1. (chemistry)hydrogen.
  2. (physics)henry,a unit for measurement ofelectrical inductancein theInternational System of Units.
  3. (mechanics)a genericHamiltonian.
  4. (biochemistry)IUPAC1-letter abbreviation forhistidine
  5. (mathematics)Homologygroup orcohomologygroup
  6. (linguistics)hightone
  7. (linguistics)Awildcardfor aglottalconsonant or more broadly for alaryngealconsonant
    synonyms:Qforuvularconsonants,Φforpharyngeals
  8. (clothing)Bracup size.

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  • (in mathematics)AnHwith a numerical (or variable) superscript denotes a homology group; with a subscript, it denotes a cohomology group.
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  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions ofH,in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercaseHinFraktur

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English

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinH,fromAncient GreekΗ(Ē).

Pronunciation

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

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H(upper case,lower caseh,pluralHsorH's)

  1. The eighthletterof the Englishalphabet,calledaitchand written in theLatin script.
    • 1943November –1944February (date written; published1945August 17),George Orwell[pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm[…],London:Secker & Warburg,publishedMay 1962,→OCLC:
      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.
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H(usuallyuncountable,pluralHs)

  1. (baseball)Abbreviationofhits.
  2. (slang)Abbreviationofheroin.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:heroin
    • 1956,Jess Stearn,Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today,New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page59:
      “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buyHor M, why, demmies will do the trick.”
    • 2006,Hank Williams III(lyrics and music), “Crazed Country Rebel”, inStraight to Hell:
      Then I got someH/ From my old Uncle Pete / Now I'm startin' to feel / Like I might've ODed
  3. (journalism)Abbreviationofhalf-year.
    Coordinate term:Q(“quarter”)
    We expect the amendment to enter into force inH22013.
  4. (British)A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade2H;a pencil with hard lead.
    1. A pencil of grade H.
  5. (injoblistings)Abbreviationofhandicap.
    EOEM/F/V/H―equal opportunity employer (minority, female, veteran,handicap)
  6. (India,Hinduism,Internetslang)AbbreviationofHindu;mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towardsHindutvasupporters.
    Coordinate term:M(“Muslim”)

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H(notcomparable)

  1. (British)Abbreviationofhardinreferenceto agradeofpencillead.
  2. (linguistics)Abbreviationofhighinreferenceto adialect'ssocialstatus.
    AnHvariety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.
  3. (philately)Abbreviationofhinged.
  4. (UK,film,historical)Abbreviationofhorrific.(former film classification)
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  • (pencil grade):2H(ligher than H),HB(harder than H)

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. Theordinalnumbereighth,derived from thisletterof the Englishalphabet,calledaitchand written in theLatin script.

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H

  1. (religion)A hypothetical source proposed to underlie theHoliness Codeand to have influenced various other parts of theTorah.
    • 2015,Jason M. H. Gaines,The Poetic Priestly Source,Minneapolis:Fortress Press,→ISBN,page277:
      His priestly, evincing concern for cultic sacrifices, cultic observances, the behavior of priests, and ethical matters.His not P, however, as it has unique vocabulary and contradicts several aspects of Priestly theology, such as the status of the Israelites, the importance of "the land," and whether YHWH or the Israelites own the land.

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CalqueofArabicهـ(h-)

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H(notcomparable)

  1. (calendar terms)Synonym ofAH:in theyearof theHegira,usedtomarkdatesemployingtheIslamic calendar.

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Borrowed fromJapaneseH(H),alternative form ofエッチ(etchi),in turn fromEnglishHas an abbreviation ofJapanese変 thái(hentai,“pervert”).

Adoubletofecchi(“erotic, lascivious”)andhentai(“pornographic anime, manga, etc.”).

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H(comparativemoreH,superlativemostH)

  1. Pornographicin a way characteristic ofhentai.
    • 1993August 5, Eric B. Shen, “Help withHmanga needed!:-)”, inalt.manga‎[2](Usenet), retrieved2023-03-15:
      I am going to Berkeley, CA and I was wondering if there were any nearby places to go to get good nastyHstuff. And do you have any recommendations?
    • 2018January 3,[anonymous],“/tg/ - Traditional Games » Thread #57240679”, inDesuarchive[originally posted on 4chan]‎[3],Bibliotheca Anonoma, archived fromthe originalon2023-03-15,[post #57242424]:
      This artwork predicates a veryHSCENE immediately following this capture.
    • 2020September 29, @GAVINASSS,Twitter‎[4],archived fromthe originalon2020-09-29:
      Who needs Yotsubato for easy JP reading material when you have raw untranslatedHdoujinshi / You can jack off AND feel like you've accomplished something
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The term is sometimes connected to the noun following it with a hyphen, as inH-manga,for example.

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Afar

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H

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

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Afrikaans

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  • (letter name):IPA(key):/ɦɑː/

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Afrikaansalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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H(pluralH's,diminutiveH'tjie)

  1. H

Azerbaijani

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Hupper case(lower caseh)

  1. The eleventhletterof the Azerbaijanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Basque

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  • IPA(key):(Southern)/at͡ʃe/,[a.t͡ʃe̞]
  • IPA(key):(Northern)/hat͡ʃe/,[ɦa.t͡ʃe̞]

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Basquealphabet,calledhatxeand written in theLatin script.

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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  • /h/is from West Germanic stem-initial*h.

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  • /h/(or silent, see below)

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H

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

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Use of silent H
  • In the German-based spelling, silenthmay be written to indicate a preceding long vowel. Some writers make liberal use of this, but the predominant tendency is to use doubled vowel letters instead and allowhonly in the following cases:
    • where it serves to indicate a hiatus:blohe[ˈblɔːə];
    • where the German cognate hashas well:fähle(Germanfehlen);
    • where the German cognate haschorg:mäht(Germanmacht).
  • Silenthis not used in the Dutch-based spelling.

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromJapaneseH(etchi),initialism of変 thái(hentai,“sexualperversion”).Sometimes reinterpreted by Chinese speakers as initialism ofMandarinHoàng／Hoàng(huáng) orCantoneseHàm／Hàm(haam4).

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H

  1. (neologism,slang)dirty;lewd;perverted
  2. (neologism,slang,attributive)sexual;pornographic
    HMạn―éichimàn―eroticcomic;hentaimanga

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H

  1. (neologism,slang)tohave sex

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H

  1. (neologism,slang)sexual intercourse

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Pronunciation 1

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H

  1. the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet
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Pronunciation 2

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H

  1. the seventh letter used inPinyin
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  • 《 hán ngữ bính âm phương án 》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Czech

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Noun

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Hn

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

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Dutch

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H(capital,lowercaseh)

  1. the eighth letter of theDutchalphabet

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Elfdalian

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  • ᚼ,Å(Dalecarlian runes)

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H(upper caseH,lower caseh)

  1. The tenthletterof the Elfdalianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The tenthletterof the Esperantoalphabet,calledhoand written in theLatin script.

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Estonian

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Estonianalphabet,calledhaaorhaššand written in theLatin script.

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Finnish

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The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information,andHfor information on the development of the glyph itself.

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

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Finnishalphabet,calledhooand written in theLatin script.

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compounds

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H

  1. Alternativeletter-caseform ofh(“B (musical note)”)

French

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Frenchalphabet,calledacheand written in theLatin script.

German

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme)IPA(key):/h/
    • The letter is silent in the syllable coda, before/ə/,and before suffixes. In common speech,his frequently silent in the onset of all word-internal unstressed syllables, thus e.g. in-heitand-haft(unless these have secondary stress).
  • (name)IPA(key):/haː/

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighth letter of the German alphabet.
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Spelling rules for silenth

For the use of silenthin German orthography one may note three general rules:

  1. It occurs only after long monophthongs and the diphthongei.
  2. It occurs after simpleionly in the pronominal stemsihm,ihn-,ihr-,and inSchlemihl.
  3. It is mostly restricted to native Germanic words; instances in loanwords are exceptional.

Expanding on this, one can distinguish three types of silenth:

  1. Etymologicalhis written in words whereMiddle High Germanhad a consonant that has become silent; this was usuallyh,occasionallygorw.Etymologicalhis missing only in a few words (e.g.rau,Ton,Träne).
  2. Hiatus-breakinghis written when an inflectable word stem ends in a long monophthong. This, too, is missing only in a few native words (e.g.säen,certain nouns likeKnie,See,Schnee).
  3. Lengtheningh(in the strict sense) may be written between longa, ä, e, o, ö, u, üand followingl, m, n, r.Its use is very irregular and it is missing in a great deal of words. At times this is done to distinguish homophones (e.g.malenvs.mahlen), but in general there is no clear system. One can note that lengtheninghproper does not occur in stems starting withsch-, sp-, t-.It is overall rare in words starting with more than one consonant, but there are several counterexamples (e.g.Drohne,prahlen,Stuhl).
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Hn(strong,genitiveH,no plural)

  1. (music)B
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Declension ofH[sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das H
genitive eines des H
dative einem dem H
accusative ein das H

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  • B(“B-flat”)

Hawaiian

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  • (letter name)hē

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  • (letter name)IPA(key):/ˈheː/
  • (phoneme)/h/

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H

  1. The sixthletterof the Hawaiianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Heiltsuk

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H(lower caseh)

  1. Aletterof the Heiltsukalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Hungarian

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The fourteenthletterof the Hungarianalphabet,calledháand written in theLatin script.
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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 formsofH
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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Abbreviation ofHungary.

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H

  1. Hungary(on license plates)

Icelandic

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H(lower caseh)

  1. The tenthletterof the Icelandicalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Ido

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H(lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Idoalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Indonesian

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Indonesianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Irish

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Irishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Italian

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  • (letter name)IPA(key):/ˈak.ka/
  • Rhymes:-akka
  • (phonemic realization is silent)

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Hform(invariable,upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Italianalphabet,calledaccaand written in theLatin script.

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  • Used in the stringsche, chi, ghe, ghito indicate the stop realisatins/k/,/ɡ/.Also used in the four verb formsho,hai,ha,hannoto distinguish fromo,ai,a,anno.Otherwise it may occur in unadapted borrowings from modern languages. It isnotused in loanwords from the classical languages.

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Japanese

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H(エッチ)orH(えっち)•(etchi)-na(adnominalH(エッチ)な(etchina),adverbialH(エッチ)に(etchini))

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

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H(エッチ)orH(えっち)•(etchi)

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

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H(エッチ)するorH(えっち)する•(etchisuru)suru(stemH(エッチ)し(etchishi),pastH(エッチ)した(etchishita))

  1. Alternative form ofエッチ(etchi,“tofuck;tohave sexwith”)
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Conjugation of "Hする"(SeeAppendix: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

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For pronunciation and definitions ofH– see the following entry.
【Xỉは】3
[noun]tooth
[noun](typography)a unit equal to 1Q(kyū)and 0.25 mm, abbreviated as H;hais used for spacing, while Q is used for font size
Alternative spelling
Nha
(This term,H(H),is an alternative spelling(abbreviation)of the above term.)

Kalo Finnish Romani

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Kalo Finnish Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.[1]

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Also used in the digraphsKh,Ph,andTh.[1]

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  1. ↑1.01.11.2Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Aakkoset”, inLyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi‎[1](in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus,→ISBN,→ISSN,retrievedFebruary 6, 2022,pages1-2

Kashubian

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The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabetarticle on Wikipedia for more, andHfor development of the glyph itself.

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The twelfthletterof the Kashubianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Latin

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. A letter in theLatin alphabet,representing the sound /h/

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Latvian

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

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The twelfthletterof the Latvianalphabet,calledhāand written in theLatin script.

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The letterH/h(likeF/f,andO/orepresenting [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings). Note that it represents the sound of IPA [x] (likeGermanmachen,ach), not (as in most other alphabets based on the Latin script) the sound of IPA [h].

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Lower Sorbian

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  • Silent in most native words.
  • IPA(key):(in most loanwords and some native words)/h/

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H(lower caseh)

  1. The eleventhletterof the Lower Sorbianalphabet,calledhaand written in theLatin script.

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Malay

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

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H

  1. The eighthletterof the Malayalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Norwegian

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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Nupe

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The tenthletterof the Nupealphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Polish

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The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthographyarticle on Wikipedia for more, andHfor development of the glyph itself.

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eleventhletterof the Polishalphabet,calledhaand written in theLatin script.

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Portuguese

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Portuguesealphabet,calledagáand written in theLatin script.

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Romani

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. (International Standard)The tenthletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax)The eleventhletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Romanian

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The tenthletterof the Romanianalphabet,calledhaș,ha,orhîand written in theLatin script.

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Saanich

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H

  1. The tenthletterof the Saanichalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Scottish Gaelic

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Scottish Gaelicalphabet,written in theLatin script.It is preceded bygand followed byi.Its traditional name isuath(“hawthorn”).

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Silesian

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The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian languagearticle on Wikipedia for more, andHfor development of the glyph itself.

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The tenthletterof the Silesianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Skolt Sami

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H(lower caseh)

  1. The fifteenthletterof the Skolt Samialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Slovene

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See usage notes.

Etymology

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From Gaj's Latin alphabetH,fromCzechalphabetH,from LatinLatinH,fromEtruscan𐌇(h,he),fromAncient GreekΗ(Ē,eta),from𐤇(ḥ,het),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓈈or maybe𓉗.Pronunciation as/xə/is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken fromGermanH.

Pronunciation

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  • Phoneme
Pronunciation of H

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):/x/,[ɣ],SNPT:/h/,[ɣ]
•(Standard Slovene, non-tonal)IPA(key):/x/,[ɣ],SNPT:/h/,[ɣ]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

  • Letter name
Pronunciation of H [hə̀, há] (ə̏, ā)
•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):[ˈxə̂],[ˈxâː],[ˈxǎː],SNPT:[hə̏],[hā]
•(Standard Slovene, non-tonal)IPA(key):[ˈxə],[ˈxaː],SNPT:[hə̀],[hā],
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Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

•Rhymes:-ə,-aː([ə̀], [á])(non-tonal)
•Hyphenation:H
•Homophones:h,ha(tonal and non-tonal)


•Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *hə̀
    •Carinthian dialect plane: *hə̏
    •Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *hə̏
    •Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *hə̏
    •Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *hə̏
    •Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *hə̏
    •Southern Styrian dialect plane: *hə̏
    •Northern Styrian dialect plane: *hə̏
    •Pannonian dialect plane: *hə̏

Letter

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The ninthletterof the Slovenealphabet,written in theLatin script.
  2. The fourteenthletterof the Slovenealphabet(Resian), written in theLatin script.
  3. The tenthletterof the Slovenealphabet(Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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In Metelko alphabet, the phoneme was written by two different letters whether it was pronounced as velar/x/or glottal/h/,a distinction irrelevant to nowadays standard and the distinction was also not used by all writers. Phoneme/h/was written with 〈H〉, while/x/was written with a yet to be encoded character.

Noun

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Hminanorf

  1. The name of theLatin scriptletterH/h.

Inflection

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  • Overall more common
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate), fixed accent, -j- infix
nom. sing. H
gen. sing. H-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		H H-ja H-ji
genitive
rodȋlnik 		H-ja H-jev H-jev
dative
dajȃlnik 		H-ju,H-ji H-jema H-jem
accusative
tožȋlnik 		H H-ja H-je
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		H-ju,H-ji H-jih H-jih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		H-jem H-jema H-ji
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		H H-ja H-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Third masculine declension (no endings), fixed accent
nom. sing. H
gen. sing. H
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		H H H
genitive
rodȋlnik 		H H H
dative
dajȃlnik 		H H H
accusative
tožȋlnik 		H H H
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		H H H
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		H H H
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		H H H
  • Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), -j- infix
nom. sing. H
gen. sing. H-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		H H-ja H-ji
genitive
rodȋlnik 		H-ja H-jov H-jov
dative
dajȃlnik 		H-ju,H-ji H-joma H-jom
accusative
tožȋlnik 		H H-ja H-je
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		H-ju,H-ji H-jih H-jih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		H-jom H-joma H-ji
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		H H-ja H-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Third feminine declension (no endings), fixed accent
nom. sing. H
gen. sing. H
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		H H H
genitive
rodȋlnik 		H H H
dative
dajȃlnik 		H H H
accusative
tožȋlnik 		H H H
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		H H H
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		H H H
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		H H H

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Further reading

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  • “H”,inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU(in Slovene),2014–2024

Somali

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Pronunciation

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Hupper case(lower caseh)

  1. The twenty-firstletterof the Somalialphabet,calledhaand written in theLatin script.

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  1. The twenty-first letter of theSomalialphabet, which followsArabicabjadorder. It is preceded byWand followed byY.

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Spanish

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. the eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet

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Swedish

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The seventhletterof the Swedishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromSpanishH.Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishH.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin characterᜑ(ha).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishH.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key):/ˈʔejt͡ʃ/[ˈʔeɪ̯t͡ʃ](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
      • IPA(key):(no yod coalescence)/ˈʔejts/[ˈʔeɪ̯t̪s](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
      • Rhymes:-ejt͡ʃ(letter name, Filipino alphabet),(no yod coalescence)-ejts(letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA(key):/ˈha/[ˈha](letter name, Abakada alphabet)
    • IPA(key):/ˈʔat͡ʃe/[ˈʔaː.t͡ʃɛ](letter name, Abecedario)
      • IPA(key):(no yod coalescence)/ˈʔatse/[ˈʔat̪.sɛ](letter name, Abecedario)
      • Rhymes:-at͡ʃe(letter name, Abecedario),(no yod coalescence)-atse(letter name, Abecedario)
    • IPA(key):/h/[h](phoneme; silent in Spanish unadapted loanwards)

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H(upper case,lower caseh,Baybayin spellingᜁᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔)

  1. The eighthletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theFilipino alphabet), calledeytsand written in theLatin script.

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H(upper case,lower caseh,Baybayin spellingᜑ)

  1. The seventhletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbakada alphabet), calledhaand written in theLatin script.

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H(upper case,lower caseh,Baybayin spellingᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. (historical)The ninthletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbecedario), calledhacheand written in theLatin script.

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  • Over time, some of the loaned Spanish words still spelled with the silent⟨h⟩are spoken with/h/due to the loss of knowledge of the letter being silent.

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Further reading

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  • “H”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name)IPA(key):(standard)/ˈheː/,/ˈhaʃ/
  • (phoneme)IPA(key):/h/,[ç]

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The tenthletterof the Turkishalphabet,calledheand written in theLatin script.

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  • The pronunciation /ˈhaʃ/ is usually preferred in sciences like geometry or physics to avoid confusion withE.

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội)IPA(key):[hat̚˧˦],[haːt̚˧˦],[həː˨˩]
  • (Huế)IPA(key):[hak̚˦˧˥],[haːk̚˦˧˥],[həː˦˩]
  • (Saigon)IPA(key):[hak̚˦˥],[haːk̚˦˥],[həː˨˩]
  • Phonetic spelling:hắt, hát, hờ

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eleventhletterof the Vietnamesealphabet,calledhắt,hát,orhờand written in theLatin script.

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The twelfthletterof the Welshalphabet,calledaitshand written in theLatin script.It is preceded byNgand followed byI.

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  • H cannot be mutated in Welsh.

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Further reading

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

Yoruba

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Pronunciation

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The ninthletterof the Yorubaalphabet,calledhíand written in theLatin script.

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Zulu

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H(upper case,lower caseh)

  1. The eighthletterof the Zulualphabet,written in theLatin script.

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