H

H (lower case h)

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

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter H):  Ĥĥ  Ȟȟ  Ḧḧ  Ḣḣ  Ḩḩ  Ḥḥ  Ḫḫ  H̱ẖ  Ħħ  Ⱨⱨ  ɦ  ʰ  ʜ  Ｈｈ

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. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for histidine
4. (mathematics) Homology group or cohomology group

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

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

Other representations of H:

From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η.

• IPA^(key): /eɪtʃ/
• (non-standard except Ireland) IPA^(key): /heɪtʃ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtʃ

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.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     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.

• H-shackle

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

H (usually uncountable, plural Hs)

1. (baseball) Abbreviation of hits.
2. (slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
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.

• (a half-year): Q (½ H)

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.

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

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.

Calque of Arabic هـ‎ (h-)

H (not comparable)

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

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

H (uncountable)

1. Hentai.

H

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe H)

1. The letter H

H upper case (lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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).

H

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

H

1. (neologism, slang) to have sex

H

1. (neologism, slang) sexual intercourse

• IPA^(key): /haː/

H n

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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɦaː/

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H (capital, lowercase h)

1. The eighth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z

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

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

• IPA^(key): /hoː/

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

H

1. (music) B

• IPA^(key): /aʃ/

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• IPA^(key): /haː/
• Rhymes: -aː

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The eighth letter of the German alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

H n (genitive H, no plural)

1. (music) B

• B (“B-flat”)

• IPA^(key): /h/

H (lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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

H f (invariable, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

H (katakana エッチ, hiragana えっち, rōmaji etchi)

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

H (katakana エッチ, hiragana えっち, rōmaji etchi)

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

Hする (katakana エッチする, hiragana えっちする, rōmaji etchi suru)

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

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.

• IPA^(key): [x]

H

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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].

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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

H

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /hoː/

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Æ æ, Ø ø, Å å

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /ha/, /haʃ/

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /h/

H

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

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /x/, /h/

H (lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

H (capital, lowercase h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) čŕka; A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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

H upper case (lower case h)

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

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

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hat̚˧˦], [haːt̚˧˦], [həː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hak̚˦˧˥], [haːk̚˦˧˥], [həː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hak̚˦˥], [haːk̚˦˥], [həː˨˩]
• Phonetic: hắt, hát, hờ

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.

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z