ح

See also: ج, خ, چ, Շ, Ⴀ, and Appendix:Variations of "h"

ح U+062D, ح ARABIC LETTER HAH ← ج [U+062C] Arabic خ → [U+062E]

ﺡ U+FEA1, ﺡ ARABIC LETTER HAH ISOLATED FORM ← ﺠ [U+FEA0] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺢ → [U+FEA2]

ﺢ U+FEA2, ﺢ ARABIC LETTER HAH FINAL FORM ← ﺡ [U+FEA1] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺣ → [U+FEA3]

ﺣ U+FEA3, ﺣ ARABIC LETTER HAH INITIAL FORM ← ﺢ [U+FEA2] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺤ → [U+FEA4]

ﺤ U+FEA4, ﺤ ARABIC LETTER HAH MEDIAL FORM ← ﺣ [U+FEA3] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺥ → [U+FEA5]

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢊 (l, “heth”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤇 (l, “heth”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓎛. See also Classical Syriac ܚ (l, “heth”), Hebrew ח (l, “chet”), Ancient Greek Η (Ē), Latin H.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ħaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ħ/

Letter

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح • (ḥāʔ)

1. The sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is حَاء (ḥāʔ), and is preceded by ج (j) and followed by خ (ḵ).

Symbol

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح • (ḥāʔ)

1. The eighth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ز (z) and followed by ط (ṭ).

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
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Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h/, [h]

Letter

ح (transliteration needed)

1. The eleventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h/, [h]

Letter

ح (transliteration needed)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x/, [x]

Letter

ح

1. The ninth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Usage notes

• This letter is used before finals -e, -ei, -en, -eng.

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ħaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ħ/

Letter

ح • (ḥāʔ)

1. The sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ْحَاء (ḥāʔ), and is preceded by ج (jīm) and followed by خ (ḵāʔ).

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕēn), غ (ḡēn), ف (fāʔ), ق (gāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), هـ (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa, “he went”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa/

Particle

حـ • (ḥa)

2. will (prefix indicating the future tense)

   حَيِتْكَلَّم

   ḥayitkallam

   he will speak

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa, “he went”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa/

Particle

حَـ (ḥa-)

2. will (prefix indicating the future tense)

   حَيِحْچِي

   ḥayiḥči

   he will speak

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح • (h)

1. The thirteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter: چھ (ch)
• Next letter: خ (kh)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ح
Cyrillic	Х, х
Latin	X, x
Yañalif	X, x

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /xa/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /x/

Letter

ح • (x)

1. The seventh letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Х.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter: چ
• Next letter: د
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح (he)

1. The ninth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter: چ
• Next letter: خ

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [hɐ pədas], [hɐ kət͡ʃel]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [h]

Letter

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح

1. The seventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح • (he)

1. The eleventh letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter: څ
• Next letter: خ

Persian

Pronunciation

• (letter name)

  (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /heː/

  (Iran) IPA^(key): /he/

• (phonemes)

  (formal, all dialects) IPA^(key): [h]

  (colloquial, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [w], [j] (or deleted)

• Audio (Iran):

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• Homophone: ه

Letter

حـ / ـحـ / ‍ـح / ‍ح • (h)

1. The eighth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by چ and followed by خ. Its name is حِ (he) or حی (hē).

Usage notes

• Most colloquial dialects in Afghanistan have lost the glottal consonants /h/ and /ʔ/. They are either deleted, replaced by /j/ or /w/ (near i/ī or u/ū), or, when proceeded by a َ (“zabar”), replaced by the phoneme /ɑ/.

See also

• (Letters of the Persian Alphabet) ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਹ (hāhā), ਹ਼
• (letter name): وڈی حے (vaḍḍī ḥe)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɖːiː ɦeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɦ/

Letter

ح • (vaḍḍī ḥe)

1. The ninth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter: چ (ce)
• Next letter: خ (xe)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح • (he)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• (Letters of the Sindhi alphabet) ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي

• Previous letter: ڇ
• Next letter: خ

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form of رح (raḥ), compare with Egyptian Arabic حـ (ḥa-) and هـ (ha-).

Particle

حـ • (ḥa-)

1. Alternative form of رح (raḥ): going to, will; prefix of a following subjunctive verb to express the future tense

Urdu

Alternative forms

• (letter name): بڑی حے (baṛī he)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɽiː ɦeː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦ/

Letter

ح • (baṛī he)

1. The ninth letter of the Urdu abjad

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter: چ (c)
• Next letter: خ (x)