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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.

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) hydrogen.
2. (physics) henry, a unit for measurement of electrical inductance in the International System of Units.
3. (mechanics) a generic Hamiltonian.
4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for histidine
5. (mathematics) Homology group or cohomology group
6. (linguistics) high tone
7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a glottal consonant or more broadly for a laryngeal consonant

   synonyms: Q for uvular consonants, Φ for pharyngeals

8. (clothing) Bra cup size.

• (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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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of H, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase H in Fraktur

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Other representations of H:

From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η (Ē).

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

• Audio (UK):

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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.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm , London: Secker & Warburg, published May 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.

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

H (usually uncountable, plural Hs)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin

   • 1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59:

     “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 buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”

   • 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.

   Coordinate term: Q (“quarter”)

   We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.

4. (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.
5. (in job listings) Abbreviation of handicap.

   EOE M/F/V/H ― equal opportunity employer (minority, female, veteran, handicap)

6. (India, Hinduism, Internet slang) Abbreviation of Hindu; mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards Hindutva supporters.

   Coordinate term: M (“Muslim”)

H (not comparable)

1. (British) 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.
4. (UK, film, historical) Abbreviation of horrific. (former film classification)

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

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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.

H

1. (religion) A hypothetical source proposed to underlie the Holiness Code and to have influenced various other parts of the Torah.
   • 2015, Jason M. H. Gaines, The Poetic Priestly Source, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 277:

     H is priestly, evincing concern for cultic sacrifices, cultic observances, the behavior of priests, and ethical matters. H is 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.

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.

Borrowed from Japanese H (H), alternative form of エッチ (etchi), in turn from English H as an abbreviation of Japanese 変態 (hentai, “pervert”).

A doublet of ecchi (“erotic, lascivious”) and hentai (“pornographic anime, manga, etc.”).

H (comparative more H, superlative most H)

1. Pornographic in a way characteristic of hentai.
   • 1993 August 5, Eric B. Shen, “Help with H manga needed! :-)”, in alt.manga‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2023-03-15:

     I am going to Berkeley, CA and I was wondering if there were any nearby places to go to get good nasty H stuff. And do you have any recommendations?

   • 2018 January 3, , “/tg/ - Traditional Games » Thread #57240679”, in Desuarchive ‎, Bibliotheca Anonoma, archived from the original on 2023-03-15, [post #57242424]:

     This artwork predicates a very H SCENE immediately following this capture.

   • 2020 September 29, @GAVINASSS, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2020-09-29:

     Who needs Yotsubato for easy JP reading material when you have raw untranslated H doujinshi / You can jack off AND feel like you've accomplished something

The term is sometimes connected to the noun following it with a hyphen, as in H-manga, for example.

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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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɦɑː/

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

H (plural H's, diminutive H'tjie)

1. H

H upper case (lower case h)

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

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /at͡ʃe/,
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hat͡ʃe/,

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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

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

• /h/ (or silent, see below)

H

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

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漫  ―  éichi màn  ―  erotic comic; hentai manga

H

1. (neologism, slang) to have sex

   • 一般而言，能明確認同自己身份的網友大多是非常難以接受傳統的戀愛方式，如「極度討厭跟直男的戀愛方式」；有的則是不能接受傳統的性交方式，如「我不能跟男人正常H，我會想吐，不對，是我會吐。」 [MSC, trad.]
     一般而言，能明确认同自己身份的网友大多是非常难以接受传统的恋爱方式，如「极度讨厌跟直男的恋爱方式」；有的则是不能接受传统的性交方式，如「我不能跟男人正常H，我会想吐，不对，是我会吐。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2012 May 1, 陈亚亚 (Chen Yaya), 《从“女攻男受”到“第四爱”——试论青少年的性/别多元与平等之实践进程》, in 《性别多元：理论与实务研究（上）》, page 6-7

     Yībān'éryán, néng míngquè rèntóng zìjǐ shēnfèn de wǎngyǒu dàduō shì fēicháng nányǐ jiēshòu chuántǒng de liàn'ài fāngshì, rú “jídù tǎoyàn gēn zhínán de liàn'ài fāngshì”; yǒude zé shì bùnéng jiēshòu chuántǒng de xìngjiāo fāngshì, rú “wǒ bùnéng gēn nánrén zhèngcháng H, wǒ huì xiǎng tù, bùduì, shì wǒ huì tù.”

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

H

1. (neologism, slang) sexual intercourse

H

1. the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet

H

1. the seventh letter used in Pinyin

• 《汉语拼音方案》 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).

• IPA^(key): /haː/

H n

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• (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; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

• ᚼ, Å (Dalecarlian runes)

H (upper case H, lower case h)

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

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

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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; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) täht; 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, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and H for information on the development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /h/ (mostly)
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoː/, (name of letter)

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. Alternative letter-case form of h (“B (musical note)”)

• IPA^(key): /aʃ/

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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

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  • 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

• IPA^(key): /haː/

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  • Rhymes: -aː

H n (strong, genitive H, no plural)

1. (music) B

• B (“B-flat”)

• (letter name) hē

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

H

1. The sixth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Ā ā), E e (Ē ē), I i (Ī ī), O o (Ō ō), U u (Ū ū), H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, ʻ

• IPA^(key): /ɦ/

H (lower case h)

1. A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, A̓ a̓, B b, C c, C̓ c̓, D d, Ꟛ ꟛ, G g, Gv gv, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧv ǧv, H h, H̓ h̓, Ħ ħ, I i, Í í, I̓ i̓, K k, Kv kv, K̓ k̓, K̓v k̓v, L l, ʼL l̓, Ḷ ḷ, Ḷ́ ḷ́, ʼḶ ḷ̓, Ɫ ɫ, M m, ʼM m̓, Ṃ ṃ, Ṃ́ ṃ́, ʼṂ ṃ̓, N n, ʼN n̓, Ṇ ṇ, Ṇ́ ṇ́, ʼṆ ṇ̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Qv qv, Q̓ q̓, Q̓v q̓v, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, Ƛ ƛ, Ƛ̓ ƛ̓, U u, Ú ú, U̓ u̓, W w, ʼW w̓, X x, Xv xv, X̌ x̌, X̌v x̌v, Y y, ʼY y̓, Z z, ʔ

• (phoneme): IPA^(key):
• (letter name): IPA^(key):

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called há and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

Abbreviation of Hungary.

H

1. Hungary (on license plates)

H (lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

• 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

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

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

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

H f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case h)

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

• Used in the strings che, chi, ghe, ghi to indicate the stop realisatins /k/, /ɡ/. Also used in the four verb forms ho, hai, ha, hanno to distinguish from o, ai, a, anno. Otherwise it may occur in unadapted borrowings from modern languages. It is not used in loanwords from the classical languages.

• (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, Î î, 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(エッチ) or H(えっち) • (etchi) -na (adnominal H(エッチ)な (etchi na), adverbial H(エッチ)に (etchi ni))

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

H(エッチ) or H(えっち) • (etchi) 

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

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))

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

• IPA^(key): /h/, /ɦ/^[1]

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The eighth letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.^[1]

Also used in the digraphs Kh, Ph, and Th.^[1]

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, Ȟ ȟ, 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, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and H for development of the glyph itself.

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The twelfth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

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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):

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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 , instead of ) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings). Note that it represents the sound of IPA (like German machen, ach), not (as in most other alphabets based on the Latin script) the sound of IPA .

• 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

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

H (lower case h)

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

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

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• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): ,
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key):

H

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

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

H (lower case h)

1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

• IPA^(key): /hoː/

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Ææ, Øø, Åå

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and H for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa/

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), 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): /h/

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. (International Standard) The tenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The eleventh letter of the Romani 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, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

• IPA^(key): /h/

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.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Șș, Tt, Țț, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

• 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, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ¸

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The eighth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by g and followed by i. Its traditional name is uath (“hawthorn”).

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics) ◌̀
• (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and H for development of the glyph itself.

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

• (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

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See usage notes.

From Gaj's Latin alphabet H, from Czech alphabet H, from Latin Latin H, from Etruscan 𐌇 (h, he), from Ancient Greek Η (Ē, eta), from 𐤇 (ḥ, het), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈈 or maybe 𓉗. Pronunciation as /xə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German H.

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H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The ninth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The fourteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The tenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

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 .

H m inan or f

1. The name of the Latin script letter H / h.