H with stroke (Ħ)
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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: Arabic: ح, Hebrew: ח). Lowercase ħ is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the same sound.
The lowercase resembles the Cyrillic letter Tshe (ћ), or the astronomical symbol of Saturn (♄), later used in the alchemical symbol representing lead.
A white uppercase Ħ on a red square was the logo of Heritage Malta until 2022.[1]
It is used as the symbol for Hedera Hashgraph's native cryptocurrency, HBAR.[2]
History
[edit]An early use of this letter is found in the 1556 work of Pérez de Ayala, slightly modified from Pedro de Alcalá's Vocabulary.[3]
Computer encoding
[edit]| Ħ | ħ | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H WITH STROKE | LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH STROKE |
| Unicode | U+0126 | U+0127 |
| Latin-3 | A1 | B1 |
| HTML Character Reference | Ħ | ħ |
The letters Ħ and ħ should be displayable on most today's computers. They were a part of WGL-4 already in 2001.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Heritage Malta Post".
- ^ "HBAR Website".
- ^ Pérez de Ayala, Martín (1556). Christian doctrine in the Arabic-Spanish language. Valencia.
- ^ "WGL4 character set U+00BC to U+017E". Archived from the original on 2001-05-02.
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