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H

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

Translingual

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Etymology

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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.

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H (lower case h)

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

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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.

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  • (in mathematics) An H with a numerical (or variable) superscript denotes a homology group; with a subscript, it denotes a cohomology group.
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  • 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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Etymology 1

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

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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)
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  • (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.

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  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.

Etymology 2

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Calque of Arabic هـ (h-)

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H (not comparable)

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

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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.”).

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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[2] (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, [anonymous], “/tg/ - Traditional Games » Thread #57240679”, in Desuarchive [originally posted on 4chan]‎[3], 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[4], 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
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The term is sometimes connected to the noun following it with a hyphen, as in H-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 case h)

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

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

  1. H

Azerbaijani

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H upper case (lower case h)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin 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 case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Basque alphabet, called hatxe and written in the Latin 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, silent h may 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 allow h only in the following cases:
    • where it serves to indicate a hiatus: blohe [ˈblɔːə];
    • where the German cognate has h as well: fähle (German fehlen);
    • where the German cognate has ch or g: mäht (German macht).
  • Silent h is not used in the Dutch-based spelling.

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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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).

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H

  1. (neologism, slang) dirty; lewd; perverted
  2. (neologism, slang, attributive) sexual; pornographic
    H漫  ―  éichi màn  ―  erotic comic; hentai manga

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H

  1. (neologism, slang) to have 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 in Pinyin
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  • 《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).

Czech

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Noun

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H n

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

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Dutch

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H (capital, lowercase h)

  1. the eighth letter of the Dutch alphabet

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Elfdalian

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  • ᚼ, Å (Dalecarlian runes)

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H (upper case H, lower case h)

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

Esperanto

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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.

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Estonian

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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.

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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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and H for 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 case h)

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

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compounds

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H

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

French

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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.

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, 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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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

For the use of silent h in German orthography one may note three general rules:

  1. It occurs only after long monophthongs and the diphthong ei.
  2. It occurs after simple i only in the pronominal stems ihm, ihn-, ihr-, and in Schlemihl.
  3. It is mostly restricted to native Germanic words; instances in loanwords are exceptional.

Expanding on this, one can distinguish three types of silent h:

  1. Etymological h is written in words where Middle High German had a consonant that has become silent; this was usually h, occasionally g or w. Etymological h is missing only in a few words (e.g. rau, Ton, Träne).
  2. Hiatus-breaking h is 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 like Knie, See, Schnee).
  3. Lengthening h (in the strict sense) may be written between long a, ä, e, o, ö, u, ü and following l, 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. malen vs. mahlen), but in general there is no clear system. One can note that lengthening h proper does not occur in stems starting with sch-, 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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H n (strong, genitive H, no plural)

  1. (music) B
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Declension of H [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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Alternative forms

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

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Heiltsuk

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H (lower case h)

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

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Hungarian

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Etymology 1

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

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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H

  1. Hungary (on license plates)

Icelandic

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H (lower case h)

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

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Ido

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H (lower case h)

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

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Indonesian

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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Irish

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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  • 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.

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Japanese

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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”)

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H(エッチ) or H(えっち) • (etchi) 

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

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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”)
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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

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

Kalo Finnish Romani

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎[1] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 6, 2022, pages 1-2

Kashubian

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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.

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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Latin

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H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. A letter in the Latin 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 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.

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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.

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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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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 case h)

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

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H (lower case h)

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

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Norwegian

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H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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Nupe

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H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The tenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin 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 the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and H for development of the glyph itself.

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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

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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.

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Romani

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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.

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Romanian

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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

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H

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

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Scottish Gaelic

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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”).

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Silesian

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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.

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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Skolt Sami

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H (lower case h)

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

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Slovene

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Etymology

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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.

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],
Audio:(file)

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 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.

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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H m inan or f

  1. The name of the Latin script letter H / 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”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Somali

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H upper case (lower case h)

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

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  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

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H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. the eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet

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Swedish

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H (upper case, lower case h)

  1. The seventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish H. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English H.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜑ (ha).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish H.

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)
      • Rhymes: -a
    • 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)

Letter

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H (upper case, lower case h, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔)

  1. The eighth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called eyts and written in the Latin script.

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H (upper case, lower case h, Baybayin spelling ᜑ)

  1. The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ha and written in the Latin script.

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H (upper case, lower case h, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. (historical) The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called hache and written in the Latin 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”, in Pambansang 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 case h)

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

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

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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 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

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Pronunciation

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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.

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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”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba

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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

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H (upper case, lower case h)

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

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