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. 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. Statistically speaking, it is the eighth most commonly used letter in the english language
That’s because h is usually paired with other consonants like wh, ch, sh, and gh. Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in english, the (h) of hat (definition of h, h from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press)
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