H with stroke

Letter "Ħ"

Ħ (minuscule: ħ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from H with the addition of a bar. It is used in Maltese for a voiceless pharyngeal fricative consonant (corresponding to the letter heth of Semitic abjads). Lowercase ħ is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the same sound.

In quantum mechanics, an italic ℏ represents the reduced Planck constant. In this context, it is pronounced as "h-bar".

The lowercase resembles the Cyrillic letter Tshe (ћ), or the astronomical symbol of Saturn (♄).

A white uppercase Ħ on a red square is the logo of Heritage Malta.

Computer encoding

As a part of WGL-4, Ħ should be displayable on most computers.

Ħ ħ Names
Unicode U+0126 U+0127 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H WITH STROKE
LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH STROKE
Latin-3 A1 B1
HTML Character Reference Ħ ħ

The codepoint U+210F is used for the reduced Planck constant: ℏ .


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