# ح

| ح | U+062D, &#1581; ARABIC LETTER HAH |
| ← ج [U+062C] | Arabic | خ → [U+062E] |
| ﺡ | U+FEA1, &#65185; ARABIC LETTER HAH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺠ [U+FEA0] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺢ → [U+FEA2] |
| ﺢ | U+FEA2, &#65186; ARABIC LETTER HAH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺡ [U+FEA1] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺣ → [U+FEA3] |
| ﺣ | U+FEA3, &#65187; ARABIC LETTER HAH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﺢ [U+FEA2] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺤ → [U+FEA4] |
| ﺤ | U+FEA4, &#65188; 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: /ħaːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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).

### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with ح

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /h/, [h]

### Letter

ح (transliteration needed)
* The eleventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /h/, [h]

### Letter

ح (transliteration needed)
* The thirteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /x/, [x]

### Letter

ح
* 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: /ħ/
(letter name) IPA: /ħa/

#### Letter

ح • (ḥ)
* the sixth letter of the Arabic abjad, named حه (ḥa)

### Etymology 2

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /ħa/

#### Prefix

حـ • (ḥa-)
* indicates future tense: will

##### Alternative forms

* هـ (ha-)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ħaːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /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

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

##### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ħa/

### Particle

حَـ (ḥa-)
* will (prefix indicating the future tense)
    حَيِحْچِي ― ḥayiḥči ― he will speak

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /haj/
* (phoneme): IPA: /h/

### Letter

ح • (h)
* 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
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /xa/
* (phoneme): IPA: /x/

### Letter

ح • (x)
* 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: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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: /he/
* (phoneme): IPA: /h/

### Letter

ح (he)
* 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: [hɐ pədas], [hɐ kət͡ʃel]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [h]

### Letter

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

#### See also

* Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /he/
* (phoneme): IPA: /h/

### Letter

ح • (he)
* 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: /heː/
    (Iran) IPA: /he/
* (phonemes)
    (formal, all dialects) IPA: [h]
    (colloquial, Dari) IPA: [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/.

### See also

* Arabic script letters: حروف (horuf) (script appendix): 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)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ح • (vaḍḍī ḥe)
* 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: /he/
* (phoneme): IPA: /h/

### Letter

ح • (he)
* The seventeenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): 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-)
* 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: /bə.ɽiː ɦeː/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦ/

### Letter

ح • (baṛī he)
* 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)