H

See also

• (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

Usage notes

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪtʃ

Letter

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.

Noun

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”)

Adjective

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)

Number

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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.

Proper noun

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.

Adverb

H (not comparable)

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

Adjective

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, [anonymous], “/tg/ - Traditional Games » Thread #57240679”, in Desuarchive [originally posted on 4chan]‎, 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

See also

• (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

See also

• (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

See also

• (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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletras; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Usage notes

Pronunciation

Adjective

H

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

   H漫  ―  éichi màn  ―  erotic comic; hentai manga

Verb

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.” [Pinyin]

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Noun

H

1. (neologism, slang) sexual intercourse

Pronunciation 1

Letter

H

1. the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet

Pronunciation 2

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• (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

See also

• (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)

Derived terms

See also

• (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

Pronunciation

• (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/

  • Audio:

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  • Rhymes: -aː

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

1. The eighth letter of the German alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː/

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

H n (strong, genitive H, no plural)

1. (music) B

See also

• B (“B-flat”)

See also

• (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

See also

• (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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

H (upper case, lower case h)

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

See also

• (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

Noun

H

1. Hungary (on license plates)

See also

• (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

See also

• (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

See also

• (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

See also

• (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

Usage notes

• 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.

Adjective

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”)

Noun

H(エッチ) or H(えっち) • (etchi) 

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

Verb

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”)