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H
H
the
eighth
letter
of
the
English
alphabet
, is
classed
among
the
consonants
,
and
is
formed
with
the
mouth
organs
in
the
same
position
as
that
of
the
succeeding
vowel
. It is
used
with
certain
consonants
to
form
digraphs
representing
sounds
which
are
not
found
in
the
alphabet
, as sh, th, /, as in
shall
,
thing
, /
ine
(
for
zh
see
/
274
);
also
, to
modify
the
sounds
of
some
other
letters
, as
when
placed
after
c
and
p,
with
the
former
of
which
it
represents
a
compound
sound
like
that
of
tsh
, as in
charm
(
written
also
tch
as in
catch
),
with
the
latter
,
the
sound
of f, as in
phase
,
phantom
. In
some
words
,
mostly
derived
or
introduced
from
foreign
languages
, h
following
c
and
g
indicates
that
those
consonants
have
the
hard
sound
before
e, i,
and
y, as in
chemistry
,
chiromancy
,
chyle
,
Ghent
,
Ghibelline
,
etc
.; in
some
others
, ch
has
the
sound
of sh, as in
chicane
.
See
Guide
to
Pronunciation
, //
153
,
179
,
181
-3,
237
-8.
H
The
seventh
degree
in
the
diatonic
scale
,
being
used
by
the
Germans
for
B
natural
.
See
B.
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