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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)

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)

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).

Balti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /h/, [h]

Letter

ح (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /h/, [h]

Letter

ح (transliteration needed)

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /x/, [x]

Letter

The ninth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Usage notes

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

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ح (ḥ). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish حَه (ha).

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ħ/

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ħa/

Letter

ح • (ḥ)

the sixth letter of the Arabic abjad, named حه (ḥa)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa/

Prefix

حـ • (ḥa-)

indicates future tense: will

Alternative forms

هـ (ha-)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح • (ḥāʔ)

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

Forms

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa/

Particle

حـ • (ḥa)

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-)

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)

The thirteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

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

Kazakh

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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)

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

Forms

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

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح (he)

The ninth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

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

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح

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

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح • (he)

The eleventh letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia ^fa

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): (file)
Homophone: ه

Letter

حـ / ـحـ / ‍ـح / ‍ح • (h)

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/.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Classical Persian (hē), from Arabic ح (hāʔ).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح • (vaḍḍī ḥe)

The ninth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح • (he)

The seventeenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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

Particle

حـ • (ḥa-)

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)

The ninth letter of the Urdu abjad

Forms

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

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