H

H, or h, is the eighth letter in 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/.

H
H h
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Latin language
Phonetic usage	[h] [x] [ħ] [∅] [ɦ] [ɥ] [ʜ] [ʔ] [◌ʰ] [ç] /eɪtʃ/ /heɪtʃ/
Unicode codepoint	U+0048, U+0068
Alphabetical position	8
History
Development	Η η 𐌇 H h
Time period	~-700 to present
Descendants	Ħ Ƕ Ⱶ Ꟶ Һ ʰ h ħ ${\displaystyle \mathbb {H} }$
Sisters	И Һ Ԧ ח ح ܚ ࠇ 𐎅 𐎈 Հ հ
Other
Other letters commonly used with	h(x), ch, gh, nh, ph, sh, ſh, th, wh, (x)h
Writing direction	Left-to-Right