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H
8th letter of the Latin alphabet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the letter of the alphabet. For other uses, see H (disambiguation).
H, or h, is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, including the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is aitch (pronounced /eɪtʃ/, plural aitches), or regionally haitch /heɪtʃ/, plural haitches.[1]
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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
Sound values | |
In Unicode | U+0048, U+0068 |
Alphabetical position | 8 |
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Development | |
Time period | ~−700 to present |
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Associated graphs | h(x), ch, gh, nh, ph, sh, ſh, th, wh, (x)h |
Writing direction | Left-to-right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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