H, eighth letter of the alphabet It corresponds to semitic cheth and greek eta (η) It may derive from an early symbol for fence In the early greek alphabets a form with three horizontal bars and the simpler form h were both widely distributed. Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in english, the (h) of hat H (lower case, upper case h, plural hs or h's) the eighth letter of the english alphabet, called aitch and written in the latin script.
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