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==Translingual==
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===Etymology===
From the {{der|mul|ett|-}} letter {{m|ett|𐌇|pos=he}}, from the {{der|mul|grc|-}} letter {{m|grc|Η|pos=eta}}, derived from the {{der|mul|phn|-}} letter {{m|phn|𐤇|pos=het}}, from the {{der|mul|egy|-}} hieroglyph {{m|egy|𓈈}} or maybe {{m|egy|𓉗}}.

===Letter===
{{mul-letter|upper=H|lower=h|script=Latn}}

# The eighth letter of the [[Appendix:Latin script|basic modern Latin alphabet]].

====See also====
{{Latn-script}}

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{lb|mul|element symbol}} [[hydrogen]].
# {{lb|mul|physics}} [[henry]], a unit for measurement of [[electrical inductance]] in the [[International System of Units]].
# {{lb|mul|mechanics}} a generic [[Hamiltonian]].
# {{lb|mul|amino acid}} [[IUPAC]] 1-letter abbreviation for [[histidine]]
# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} [[homology|Homology]] group or [[cohomology]] group
# {{lb|mul|linguistics}} high [[tone]]
# {{lb|mul|linguistics}} A [[wildcard]] for a [[glottal]] consonant or more broadly for a [[laryngeal]] consonant
#: synonyms: [[Q]] for [[uvular]] consonants, [[Φ]] for [[pharyngeal]]s
# {{lb|mul|clothing}} {{ng|[[bra|Bra]] [[cup size]].}}

====Usage notes====
* {{qualifier|in mathematics}} An ''H'' with a numerical (or variable) superscript denotes a homology group; with a subscript, it denotes a cohomology group.

===Gallery===
<gallery caption="Letter styles" perrow=3 mode=packed>
Image:Latin H.png|Uppercase and lowercase versions of '''H''', in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter h.svg|Uppercase and lowercase '''H''' in [[Fraktur]]
</gallery>

===See also===
{{Letter
|page=H
|NATO=Hotel
|Morse=····
|Character=H8
|Braille=⠓
}}

==English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{cog|la|H}}, from {{cog|grc|Η}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|en|/eɪtʃ/}}
* {{IPA|en|/heɪtʃ/|a=non-standard except Ireland}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-h.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪtʃ|s=1}}

====Letter====
{{en-letter}}

# {{Latn-def|en|letter|8|aitch}}
#* {{RQ:Orwell Animal Farm|3
|passage=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.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|H-shackle|H-S chart|H-Town|MGU H| H-pop}}

=====See also=====
* {{list:Latin script letters/en/simple}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-|s}}

# {{lb|en|baseball}} {{abbreviation of|en|hits|nodot=a}}.
# {{lb|en|slang}} {{abbreviation of|en|heroin|nodot=a}}.
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:heroin}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1956|author=w:Jess Stearn|title=Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today|location=New York|publisher=Julian Messner, Inc.|page={{gbooks|r6U6AAAAMAAJ|59|H}}|passage=“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.”}}
#* {{quote-song|en|title=Crazed Country Rebel|author=w:Hank Williams III|album=Straight to Hell|year=2006|passage=Then I got some '''H''' / From my old Uncle Pete / Now I'm startin' to feel / Like I might've ODed}}
# {{lb|en|journalism}} {{abbreviation of|en|half-year}}
#: {{cot|en|Q|t1=quarter}}
#: {{ux|en|We expect the amendment to enter into force in '''H2''' 2013.}}
# {{lb|en|British}} A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade [[2H]]; a pencil with hard lead.
## A pencil of grade H.
# {{lb|en|in [[job]] [[listing]]s}} {{abbreviation of|en|handicap}}
#: {{coi|en|[[EOE]] M/F/V/'''H'''|equal opportunity employer (minority, female, veteran, '''handicap''')}}
# {{lb|en|India|Hinduism|internet slang}} {{abbreviation of|en|[[Hindu]]|dot=;}} {{n-g|mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards [[Hindutva]] supporters.}}
#: {{cot|en|M|t1=Muslim}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adjective|-}}

# {{lb|en|British}} {{abbreviation of|en|hard|nodot=a}} in [[reference]] to a [[grade]] of [[pencil]] [[lead]].
# {{lb|en|linguistics}} {{abbreviation of|en|high|nodot=a}} in [[reference]] to a [[dialect]]'s [[social]] [[status]].
#: {{ux|en|An '''H''' variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.}}
# {{lb|en|philately}} {{abbreviation of|en|[[hinged]]}}
# {{lb|en|UK|film|historical}} {{abbr of|en|horrific}} {{gl|former film classification}}

=====Meronyms=====
* {{sense|pencil grade}} {{l|en|2H}} {{qualifier|ligher than H}}, {{l|en|HB}} {{qualifier|harder than H}}

====Number====
{{rfref|en}}
{{en-number|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|en|ordinal|8|aitch}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-prop|?}}

# {{lb|en|religion}} A hypothetical source proposed to underlie the [[Holiness Code]] and to have influenced various other parts of the [[Torah]].
#* {{quote-book|en|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnHhCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA277|title=The Poetic Priestly Source|author=Jason M. H. Gaines|publisher=w:Fortress Press|location=w:Minneapolis|isbn=9781451494365|year=2015|page=277|passage='''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===
{{calque|en|ar|هـ}}

====Adverb====
{{en-adverb|-}}

# {{lb|en|calendar terms}} {{syn of|en|AH|nodot=a}}: in the [[year]] of the [[Hegira]], [[use]]d to [[mark]] [[date]]s [[employ]]ing the [[Islamic calendar]].

===Etymology 3===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|ja|H}}, alternative form of {{m|ja|エッチ|tr=etchi}}, in turn from {{der|en|en|H}} as an abbreviation of {{der|en|ja|-}} {{m|ja|変態||tr=hentai|pervert}}.

A {{glossary|doublet}} of {{m|en|ecchi||erotic, lascivious}} and {{m|en|hentai||pornographic anime, manga, etc.}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# [[pornographic|Pornographic]] in a way characteristic of [[hentai]].
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|newsgroup=alt.manga|passage=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?|title=Help with '''H''' manga needed! :-)|date=1993-08-05|url=https://groups.google.com/g/alt.manga/c/IFsU8vF47Bc/m/DacOjcBhk6sJ|accessdate=2023-03-15|author=Eric B. Shen}}
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/57240679/#57242424|work=Desuarchive [originally posted on 4chan]|passage=This artwork predicates a very '''H''' SCENE immediately following this capture.|title=/tg/ - Traditional Games » Thread #57240679|date=2018-01-03|author=[anonymous]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315101921/https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/57240679/|archivedate=2023-03-15|accessdate=2023-03-15|section=&#91;post #57242424&#93;|sectionurl=https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/57240679/#57242424|publisher=Bibliotheca Anonoma}}
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://twitter.com/GAVINASSS/status/1310863634717958144|work=Twitter|passage=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|date=2020-09-29|author=@GAVINASSS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929181004/twitter.com/GAVINASSS/status/1310863634717958144|archivedate=2020-09-29|accessdate=2023-03-15}}

=====Usage notes=====
The term is sometimes connected to the noun following it with a hyphen, as in {{m|en||H-manga}}, for example.

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{l|en|h}}

{{C|en|Islamism|Fiction|Japanese fiction|Pornography|Recreational drugs}}

==Afar==

===Letter===
{{head|aa|letters}}

# The twentyfirst and penultimate letter in the Afar alphabet.

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/aa}}

==Afrikaans==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|af|/ɦɑː/}}

===Letter===
{{af-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|af|letter|8}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/af/simple}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun|H's|H'tjie}}

# [[#English|H]]

==Azerbaijani==

===Letter===
{{az-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|az|letter|11}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/az/simple}}

==Basque==

===Pronunciation===
{{eu-IPA|hatxe}}

===Letter===
{{eu-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|eu|letter|8|hatxe}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/eu/simple}}

==Central Franconian==

===Etymology===
* {{IPAchar|/h/}} is from West Germanic stem-initial {{m|gmw-pro||*h}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPAchar|/h/}} {{q|or silent, see below}}

===Letter===
{{head|gmw-cfr|letter}}

# {{ng|A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.}}
# {{ng|A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.}}

====Usage notes====
{{rel-top|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: {{m|gmw-cfr|bloo|blohe}} {{IPAchar|[ˈblɔːə]}};
** where the German cognate has ''h'' as well: {{m|gmw-cfr|fähle}} (German {{m|de|fehlen}});
** where the German cognate has ''ch'' or ''g'': {{m|gmw-cfr|maache|mäht}} (German {{m|de|macht}}).
* Silent ''h'' is not used in the Dutch-based spelling.
{{rel-bottom}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|zh|ja|H|tr=etchi}}, initialism of {{m|ja|変態||tr=hentai|[[sexual]] [[perversion]]}}. Sometimes reinterpreted by Chinese speakers as initialism of {{cog|cmn|-}} {{zh-l|黃}} or {{cog|yue|-}} {{zh-l|鹹|haam4}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=éichi
|m-s=
|c=ik1 cyu4
|mn=
|mn-t=êh8 cu7
|w=sh:7eq&6chy
|cat=a,v,n
}}

====Adjective====
{{head|zh|adjectives}}

# {{lb|zh|neologism|slang}} [[dirty]]; [[lewd]]; [[perverted]]
# {{lb|zh|neologism|slang|attributive}} [[sexual]]; [[pornographic]]
#: {{zh-x|H{éichi} 漫|'''erotic''' comic; '''hentai''' manga}}

====Verb====
{{head|zh|verbs}}

# {{lb|zh|neologism|slang}} to [[have sex]]
#* {{zh-x|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。」|ref='''2012''' May 1, {{lang|zh|陈亚亚}} (Chen Yaya), {{lang|zh|《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 {{lang|zh|《性别多元：理论与实务研究（上）》}}, page 6-7|tr=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.”}}

====Noun====
{{head|zh|nouns}}

# {{lb|zh|neologism|slang}} [[sexual intercourse]]

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation 1====
{{zh-pron
|m=áichi,áiche,éichi
|m-s=
|c=ik1 cyu4
|mn=
|mn-t=êh8 cu7
|w=sh:7eq&6chy
|cat=letters
}}

====Letter====
{{head|zh|letter}}

# {{n-g|the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|zh|yue:廚叉|H股}}

====Pronunciation 2====
{{zh-pron
|m=hē,hā,1nb=common,2nb=official
|cat=letters
}}

=====Letter=====
{{head|zh|letter}}

# {{n-g|the seventh letter used in [[w:Pinyin#Letters|Pinyin]]}}

=====Usage notes=====
* 《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==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cs|/haː/}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|n}}

# {{l|en|H}} {{gloss|the 10th letter in the Czech alphabet}}
# {{lb|cs|music}} [[B]]

====Declension====
{{rfinfl|cs|noun}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|nl|/ɦaː/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-H.ogg}}

===Letter===
{{head|nl|letters|capital||lowercase|h}}

# the eighth letter of the [[Dutch]] [[alphabet]]

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/nl/simple}}

==Elfdalian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|ovd|ᚼ|Å||Dalecarlian runes}}

===Letter===
{{head|ovd|letters|upper case|H|lower case|h}}

# {{Latn-def|ovd|letter|10}}

==Esperanto==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|eo|/ho/}}
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|eo|/h/}}
* {{audio|eo|Eo-h.ogg}}

===Letter===
{{eo-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|eo|letter|10|ho}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/eo/simple}}

==Estonian==
{{wikipedia|lang=et}}

===Letter===
{{et-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|et|letter|8|haa|hašš}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/et/simple}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
{{fi-ety-letter}}

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p|ipa=/h/|q1=mostly||hoo|q2=name of letter}}

===Letter===
{{fi-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|fi|letter|8|hoo}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|H-kisko
|H-teräs
}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/fi/simple}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# {{alt case form of|fi|h||B (musical note)}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|ache}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-H-fr-Paris.ogg|a=Paris}}

===Letter===
{{fr-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|fr|letter|8|ache}}

==German==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
* {{q|phoneme}} {{IPA|de|/h/}}
** The letter is silent in the syllable coda, before {{IPAchar|/ə/}}, and before suffixes. In common speech, ''h'' is frequently silent in the onset of all word-internal unstressed syllables, thus e.g. in {{m|de|-heit}} and {{m|de|-haft}} (unless these have secondary stress).
* {{q|name}} {{IPA|de|/haː/}}
** {{audio|de|De-h.ogg}}
** {{rhymes|de|aː|s=1}}

====Letter====
{{head|de|letters|upper case||lower case|h}}

# The eighth letter of the German alphabet.

=====Usage notes=====
{{rel-top|Spelling rules for silent ''h''}}
For the use of silent ''h'' in German orthography one may note three general rules:
# It occurs only after long monophthongs and the diphthong ''ei''.
# It occurs after simple ''i'' only in the pronominal stems {{m|de|ihm}}, {{m|de|ihn|ihn-}}, {{m|de|ihr|ihr-}}, and in {{m|de|Schlemihl}}.
# It is mostly restricted to native Germanic words; instances in loanwords are exceptional.

Expanding on this, one can distinguish three types of silent ''h'':
# Etymological ''h'' is written in words where {{noncog|gmh|-}} 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. {{m|de|rau}}, {{m|de|Ton}}, {{m|de|Träne}}).
# 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. {{m|de|säen}}, certain nouns like {{m|de|Knie}}, {{m|de|See}}, {{m|de|Schnee}}).
# 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. {{m|de|malen}} vs. {{m|de|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. {{m|de|Drohne}}, {{m|de|prahlen}}, {{m|de|Stuhl}}).
{{rel-bottom}}

=====See also=====
* {{list:Latin script letters/de}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|de|/haː/}}
** {{audio|de|De-h.ogg}}
** {{rhymes|de|aː|s=1}}

====Noun====
{{de-noun|n,-.sg}}

# {{lb|de|music}} [[B]]

=====Declension=====
{{de-ndecl|n,-.sg}}

====See also====
* {{l|de|B||B-flat}}

==Hawaiian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|haw|hē|q1=letter name}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|letter name}} {{haw-IPA|hē}}
* {{q|phoneme}} /h/

===Letter===
{{head|haw|letters}}

# {{Latn-def|haw|letter|6}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/haw}}

==Heiltsuk==

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|hei|/ɦ/}}

===Letter===
{{head|hei|letter|lower case|h}}

# {{Latn-def|hei|letter|indef=a}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/hei}}

==Hungarian==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{hu-IPA}}
* {{sense|letter name}} {{hu-IPA|há}}

====Letter====
{{hu-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|hu|letter|14|há}}

=====Declension=====
{{hu-infl-nom|H-|o}}{{hu-pos-tok|H-}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/hu/simple}}

===Etymology 2===
Abbreviation of [[Hungary]].

====Noun====
{{hu-noun}}

# [[Hungary]] {{gloss|on license plates}}

{{cln|hu|terms with multiple lemma etymologies|terms with letter and noun etymologies}}

==Icelandic==

===Letter===
{{head|is|letter|lower case|h}}

# {{Latn-def|is|letter|10}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/is}}

==Ido==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|io|/h/}}

===Letter===
{{head|io|letters|lower case|h}}

# {{Latn-def|io|letter|8}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/io/simple}}

==Indonesian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|id|/ha/}}
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|id|/h/}}

===Letter===
{{id-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|id|letter|8}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/id/simple}}

==Irish==

===Letter===
{{head|ga|letters|upper case||lower case|h}}

# {{Latn-def|ga|letter|8}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/ga}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|àcca<pre:{{q|letter name}}>}}
* {{qualifier|phonemic realization is silent}}

===Letter===
{{it-letter}}

# {{Latn-def|it|letter|8|acca}}

====Usage notes====
* Used in the strings {{m|en||che, chi, ghe, ghi}} to indicate the stop realisatins {{IPAchar|/k/|/ɡ/}}. Also used in the four verb forms {{m|it|[[ho]], [[hai]], [[ha]], [[hanno]]}} to distinguish from {{m|it|[[o]], [[ai]], [[a]], [[anno]]}}. Otherwise it may occur in unadapted borrowings from modern languages. It is ''not'' used in loanwords from the classical languages.

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/it/simple}}
* {{pedia|Italian alphabet}}

==Japanese==

===Etymology 1===

====Adjective====
{{ja-adj|エッチ|えっち|infl=na}}

# {{alternative form of|ja|エッチ||[[dirty]]; [[lewd]]; [[perverted]]; [[sexual]]|tr=etchi}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|エッチ|えっち}}

# {{alternative form of|ja|エッチ||[[sexual intercourse]]|tr=etchi}}

====Verb====
{{ja-verb-suru|エッチ|えっち}}

# {{alternative form of|ja|エッチ||to [[fuck]]; to [[have sex]] with|tr=etchi}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{ja-suru|エッチ}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-see|歯}}

{{C|ja|Sex|sort=えっち}}

==Kalo Finnish Romani==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|rmf|/h/|/ɦ/}}<ref name="g">{{cite-book|fi|author=Kimmo Granqvist|title=Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi|trans-title=Consice grammar of Finnish Romani|chapter=Aakkoset|trans-chapter=Alphabet|pages=1-2|url=https://www.academia.edu/1523925/Lyhyt_Suomen_romanikielen_kielioppi_Consice_grammar_of_Finnish_Romani_|year=2011|location=Helsinki|publisher=Kotimaisten kielten keskus|isbn=978-952-5446-69-2|issn=1796-041X|accessdate=February 6, 2022}}</ref>

===Letter===
{{head|rmf|letters|upper case||lower case|h}}

# {{Latn-def|rmf|letter|8}}<ref name="g"/>

====Usage notes====
Also used in the digraphs '''Kh''', '''Ph''', and '''Th'''.<ref name="g"/>

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/rmf}}

===References===
<references/>

==Kashubian==

===Etymology===
{{csb-ety-letter}}

===Letter===
{{head|csb|letter|upper case||lower case|h|}}

# {{Latn-def|csb|letter|12|}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/csb}}

==Latin==

===Letter===
{{la-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# A letter in the [[Latin alphabet]], representing the sound /h/

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/la}}

==Latvian==
{{wikipedia|lang=lv}}

===Etymology===
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by [[w:Kārlis Mīlenbahs|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]].

===Pronunciation===
* {{lv-IPA|x}}
* {{audio|lv|lv-riga-h.ogg}}

===Letter===
[[File:Latin alphabet Hh.svg|thumb|200px|H]]
{{lv-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|lv|letter|12|hā}}

====Usage notes====
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 {{cog|de|machen}}, {{m|de|ach}}), not (as in most other alphabets based on the Latin script) the sound of IPA [h].

====See also====
* ''Letters of the Latvian alphabet:''
*: '''{{l|lv|burts|burti}}:''' {{l|lv|A}}{{l|lv|a}}, {{l|lv|Ā}}{{l|lv|ā}}, {{l|lv|B}}{{l|lv|b}}, {{l|lv|C}}{{l|lv|c}}, {{l|lv|Č}}{{l|lv|č}}, {{l|lv|D}}{{l|lv|d}}, {{l|lv|E}}{{l|lv|e}}, {{l|lv|Ē}}{{l|lv|ē}}, {{l|lv|F}}{{l|lv|f}}, {{l|lv|G}}{{l|lv|g}}, {{l|lv|Ģ}}{{l|lv|ģ}}, {{l|lv|H}}{{l|lv|h}}, {{l|lv|I}}{{l|lv|i}}, {{l|lv|Ī}}{{l|lv|ī}}, {{l|lv|J}}{{l|lv|j}}, {{l|lv|K}}{{l|lv|k}}, {{l|lv|Ķ}}{{l|lv|ķ}}, {{l|lv|L}}{{l|lv|l}}, {{l|lv|Ļ}}{{l|lv|ļ}}, {{l|lv|M}}{{l|lv|m}}, {{l|lv|N}}{{l|lv|n}}, {{l|lv|Ņ}}{{l|lv|ņ}}, {{l|lv|O}}{{l|lv|o}}, {{l|lv|P}}{{l|lv|p}}, {{l|lv|R}}{{l|lv|r}}, {{l|lv|S}}{{l|lv|s}}, {{l|lv|Š}}{{l|lv|š}}, {{l|lv|T}}{{l|lv|t}}, {{l|lv|U}}{{l|lv|u}}, {{l|lv|Ū}}{{l|lv|ū}}, {{l|lv|V}}{{l|lv|v}}, {{l|lv|Z}}{{l|lv|z}}, {{l|lv|Ž}}{{l|lv|ž}}

==Lower Sorbian==

===Pronunciation===
* Silent in most native words.
* {{IPA|dsb|/h/|q1=in most loanwords and some native words}}

===Letter===
{{dsb-letter|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|dsb|letter|11|ha}}

===See also===
* {{see-temp|list:Latin script letters/dsb}}

==Malay==
{{wikipedia|lang=ms}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|[et͡ʃ]|[het͡ʃ]|a=Name of letter}}
* {{IPA|ms|[h]|a=Phoneme}}

===Letter===
{{head|ms|letters}}

# {{Latn-def|ms|letter|8}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/ms/simple}}

==Norwegian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|no|/hoː/}}

===Letter===
{{head|no|letters|upper case||lower case|h}}

# The eighth letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/nn/simple}}

==Nupe==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|nup|/h/}}

===Letter===
{{nup-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|nup|letter|10}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/nup}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
{{pl-ety-letter}}

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|ha|h=-|r=-}}

===Letter===
{{head|pl|letter|upper case||lower case|h|}}

# {{Latn-def|pl|letter|11|ha}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/pl/simple}}

==Portuguese==
{{wikipedia|lang=pt}}

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|agá<q:letter name>}}

===Letter===
{{pt-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|pt|letter|8|agá}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/pt/simple}}

==Romani==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|rom|/h/}}

===Letter===
{{head|rom|letters|upper case||lower case|h}}

# {{lb|rom|International Standard}} {{Latn-def|rom|letter|10}}
# {{lb|rom|Pan-Vlax}} {{Latn-def|rom|letter|11}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/rom}}

==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/h/}}

===Letter===
{{ro-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|ro|letter|10|haș|ha|hî}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/ro/simple}}

==Saanich==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|str|/h/}}

===Letter===
{{head|str|letters}}

# {{Latn-def|str|letter|10}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/str}}

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Letter===
{{gd-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|gd|letter|8}} ''It is preceded by {{l|gd|g}} and followed by {{l|gd|i}}. Its traditional name is {{l|gd|uath|t=hawthorn}}.''

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/gd}}

==Silesian==

===Etymology===
{{szl-ety-letter}}

===Letter===
{{head|szl|letter|upper case||lower case|h|}}

# {{Latn-def|szl|letter|10}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/szl}}

==Skolt Sami==

===Pronunciation===
* {{qualifier|phoneme}} {{IPA|sms|/x/|/h/}}

===Letter===
{{head|sms|letters|lower case|h}}

# {{Latn-def|sms|letter|15}}

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/sms/simple}}

==Slovene==
{{wikipedia|lang=sl}}

===Alternative forms===
''See usage notes.''

===Etymology===
From Gaj's Latin alphabet {{m|sh|H}}, from {{der|sl|cs|-}} alphabet {{m|cs|H}}, from Latin {{der|sl|la|H}}, from {{der|sl|ett|𐌇|pos=he}}, from {{der|sl|grc|Η|pos=eta}}, from {{m|phn|𐤇|pos=het}}, from the {{der|sl|egy|-}} hieroglyph {{m|egy|𓈈}} or maybe {{m|egy|𓉗}}. Pronunciation as {{IPAfont|/xə/}} is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from {{der|sl|de|H}}.

===Pronunciation===
* Phoneme
{{sl-pronounce
|IPAt={{IPA|sl|/x/|[ɣ]}}
|SNPTt={{SNPT|/h/|[ɣ]}}
|IPAnt={{IPA|sl|/x/|[ɣ]}}
|SNPTnt={{SNPT|/h/|[ɣ]}}
}}

* Letter name
{{sl-pronounce
|nt=H
|phonetic=hə̀, há
|tonal=ə̏, ā
|IPAt={{IPA|sl|[ˈxə̂]|[ˈxâː]|[ˈxǎː]}}
|SNPTt={{SNPT|[hə̏]|[hā]}}
|IPAnt={{IPA|sl|[ˈxə]|[ˈxaː]}}
|SNPTnt={{SNPT|[hə̀]|[hā]}}
|audiont={{audio|sl|Sl-nt-h.ogg}}
}}
{{sl-pronounce-other
|rhymes={{rhymes|sl|ə|aː}}
|rhymesSNPT=[ə̀], [á]
|hyphenation={{hyph|sl|H}}
|homophonest={{homophones|sl|h|ha}}
|alp=*hə̀
|car=*hə̏
|vk=*hə̏
|si=*hə̏
|lc=*hə̏
|uc=*hə̏
|ss=*hə̏
|ns=*hə̏
|pan=*hə̏
}}

===Letter===
{{sl-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|sl|letter|9}}
# {{Latn-def|sl|letter|14|alphabet name=Resian}}
# {{Latn-def|sl|letter|10|alphabet name=Natisone Valley dialect}}

====Usage notes====
In Metelko alphabet, the phoneme was written by two different letters whether it was pronounced as velar {{IPAchar|/x/}} or glottal {{IPAchar|/h/}}, a distinction irrelevant to nowadays standard and the distinction was also not used by all writers. Phoneme {{IPAchar|/h/}} was written with 〈H〉, while {{IPAchar|/x/}} was written with a yet to be encoded character [[File:Metelko H.gif|frameless]].

===Noun===
{{sl-noun|H|m-in|g2=f}}

# {{n-g|The name of the [[Appendix:Latin script|Latin script]] letter '''''[[H]]''''' / '''''[[h]]'''''.}}

====Inflection====
* Overall more common
{{sl-decl-noun-table3|H|H-ja|[[H-ju]], ''[[H-ji]]''|H|[[H-ju]], ''[[H-ji]]''|H-jem|H|H-ja|H-jev|H-jema|H-ja|H-jih|H-jema|H-ja|H-ji|H-jev|H-jem|H-je|H-jih|H-ji|H-ji|decl=m-in-1-s|infix=j-|accent=1}}

* More common when with a definite adjective
{{sl-decl-noun-table3|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|decl=m-3|accent=1}}

* Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
{{sl-decl-noun-table3|H|H-ja|[[H-ju]], ''[[H-ji]]''|H|[[H-ju]], ''[[H-ji]]''|H-jom|H|H-ja|H-jov|H-joma|H-ja|H-jih|H-joma|H-ja|H-ji|H-jov|H-jom|H-je|H-jih|H-ji|H-ji|decl=m-in-1|infix=j-}}

* More common when with a definite adjective
{{sl-decl-noun-table3|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|H|decl=f-3|accent=1}}

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/sl/simple}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:sl:Fran}}

==Somali==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|so|/h/}}
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|so|/hæ/}}

===Letter===
{{so-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|so|letter|21|ha}}

====Usage notes====
# The twenty-first letter of the [[Somali]] alphabet, which follows [[Arabic]] [[abjad]] order. It is preceded by [[W]] and followed by [[Y]].

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/so}}

==Spanish==

===Letter===
{{head|es|letters|upper case||lower case|h}}

# the eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es
|bomba H
}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/es}}

==Swedish==

===Letter===
{{head|sv|letters|upper case||lower case|h}}

# {{Latn-def|sv|letter|7}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/sv/simple}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|H}}. Each pronunciation has a different source:
* Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by {{der|tl|en|H}}.
* Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character {{m|tl|ᜑ}}.
* Abecedario pronunciation is from {{der|tl|es|H}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr
|éyts<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet>
|há<qq:letter name, Abakada alphabet>
|atse<qq:letter name, Abecedario>
|+<qq:phoneme; silent in Spanish unadapted loanwards>
}}

===Letter===
{{tl-letter|b=eyts}}

# {{tl-letter-def|8|eyts|alph=fil}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/tl/simple}}

===Letter===
{{tl-letter|b=ha}}

# {{tl-letter-def|7|ha|alph=abak}}

===Letter===
{{tl-letter|b=atse}}

# {{lb|tl|historical}} {{tl-letter-def|9|hache|alph=abec}}

====Usage notes====
* Over time, some of the loaned Spanish words still spelled with the silent {{angbr|h}} are spoken with {{IPAchar|/h/}} due to the loss of knowledge of the letter being silent.

====See also====
* {{l|tl|CH}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}

==Turkish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|letter name}} {{IPA|tr|q1=standard|/ˈheː/|/ˈhaʃ/}}
* {{q|phoneme}} {{IPA|tr|/h/|[ç]}}

===Letter===
{{tr-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|tr|letter|10|he}}

====Usage notes====
* The pronunciation /ˈhaʃ/ is usually preferred in sciences like geometry or physics to avoid confusion with {{m|tr|E}}.

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/tr/simple}}

==Vietnamese==

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA|hắt|hát|hờ}}

===Letter===
{{vi-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|vi|letter|11|hắt|hát|hờ}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/vi}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/aːɨ̯tʃ/|/ai̯tʃ/|a=cy-N,standard}}
** {{IPA|cy|/haːɨ̯tʃ/|/hə/|a=cy-N,colloquial}}
* {{IPA|cy|/ai̯tʃ/|a=cy-S,standard}}
** {{IPA|cy|/hai̯tʃ/|/hə/|a=cy-S,colloquial}}

===Letter===
{{cy-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|cy|letter|12|aitsh}} ''It is preceded by {{l|cy|Ng}} and followed by {{l|cy|I}}.''

===Mutation===
* H cannot be mutated in Welsh.

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/cy/simple}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

==Yoruba==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|yo|/h/}}
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|yo|/hí/}}

===Letter===
{{yo-letter|upper=H|lower=h}}

# {{Latn-def|yo|letter|9|hí}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/yo}}

==Zulu==

===Letter===
{{zu-letter}}

# {{Latn-def|zu|letter|8}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/zu/simple}}