h

h (upper 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
• Ƕ (hwair)
• ɧ (heng with hook)

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h

1. (IPA) voiceless glottal fricative.
2. Planck's constant

• Letter styles
• 
  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:

• (letter name):
  • IPA^(key): /eɪtʃ/
    • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [æɪtʃ]

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  • (regional or nonstandard) IPA^(key): /heɪtʃ/
    • (Ireland) IPA^(key): [heːtʃ]
    • (General Australian, nonstandard) IPA^(key): [hæɪtʃ]
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/, silent

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

1. The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.

• (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 (lower case, upper 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. (sciences) abbreviation for hour (particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units)
   • 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata (Carnegie Institution of Washington), page 83:

     Another instance: 2^h28^m p. m., 10 micra; 3^h08^m p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3^h09^m p. m., 4 micra.

2. (baseball) the statistic reporting the number of hits by a player
3. (slang) heroin
4. (computing) hexadecimal (following a number)
   • 1989, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers

     If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video).

   • 1994, Jan Axelson, The microcontroller idea book (page 47)

     The commands assume that the NV memory is addressed beginning at 8000h in external data memory.

Homographs

• Η (Greek eta)
• Н (Cyrillic en)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /h/

h lower case (upper 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

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• Rhymes: -aː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɦaː/

h (lower case, upper case H)

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

• (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/

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h (lower case, upper 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): /h/

h (upper case H)

1. The ninth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, 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, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

• IPA^(key): /hoː/

h (lower case, upper 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

• IPA^(key): /h/

h (lower case, upper case H)

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

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

• IPA^(key): /uːɐ̯/

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h

1. (common, not restricted to scientific usage) hour

   15:30 h (read out as: fünfzehn Uhr dreißig, or: halb vier)

   3:30 p.m.

h

1. Romanization of 𐌷

• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈhaː]

h

1. (text messaging, informal) abbreviation of conjunction hogy (“that”)

h (lower case, upper case H)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, 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

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /he/

h (upper 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

h m or f (invariable)

1. See under H

• (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

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 F, lower case f)

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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /x/

h (upper case H)

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

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

h (lower case, upper case 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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /-/, /ː/, /j/, /w/, /ħ/

h (upper case H)

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

• In contemporary Maltese, h remains a true consonant [ħ] only in word-final position (ikrah [ɪkraħ]) and in the clusters -għh-, -ħh-, which become [ħː]. Otherwise it is silent or leaves at most a vocalic trace:
  • Following and preceding a, e, o are lengthened: hemm [ɛːmː], fehmet [fɛːmɛt]. Other vowels are not affected.
  • In intervocalic position it is a glide, [j] after i, ie, and [w] after u: jibniha [jɪbniːja], inħobbuhom [ɪnħɔbbuːwɔm]. The sequence -aho- becomes [ɔː] (rahom [rɔːm]).

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

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

h

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

• When written before j, the h becomes silent.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈɣa/

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h (lower case, upper case H)

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

• agá
• (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

h

1. Abbreviation of hora.
   1. Used to indicate time in relation to a 24-hour clock.

      O evento é hoje, às 20h - The event is today at 8 p.m.

      09h30 - 09:30 a.m.

   2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in hours.

      O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s - The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

• This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 0 and 23 to indicate the day's hours).
• The abbreviation can be followed by a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour. This can be optionally represented by another abbreviation: min.
  • Example: 15h30 or 15h30min, the first being much more common
• min can be further followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
  • Example: 20h43min08s

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

h (lower case, upper case H)

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

• (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

• (uppercase) H

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /x/

h (Cyrillic spelling х)

1. The 12th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by g and followed by i.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /x/, /h/

h (upper 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

• (letter name):
  • IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃe/

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h (lower case, upper case H)

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

h (lower case, upper 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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /h~x/

h (upper case H)

1. The ninth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called he and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

h (lower case, upper 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