Elements Starting with H

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ʾḥ 𐤀𐤇 Phoenician
Phoenician word meaning "brother".
ʾḫ Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "brother".
ha 1 夏, 하 Korean
Korean reading of xià.
ha 2 昰, 하 Korean
Korean reading of shì.
ha 3 葉 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yè.
hà 河 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of hé.
habą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sea".
habaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oat".
ḥabba حبّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to love".
ḥabīb حبيب Arabic
Arabic word meaning "friend".
habuh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hawk".
habukaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hawk".
hachi 八 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of bā.
hadā هدى Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to lead the right way, to guide".
haḏas הֲדַס Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "myrtle".
hadu Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "battle, combat".
hæg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "fence, enclosure".
hael Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Welsh and Breton word meaning "generous".
hær Anglo-Saxon
Old English word (possibly) meaning "rock, heap of stones".
hæþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "heath, wilderness".
haf Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea, ocean".
hafan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pot, vessel".
ḥafets חָפֶץ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to delight in".
ḥafiẓa حفظ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to preserve, to protect".
hafoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hawk".
hag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "enclosure, hedge".
haga Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard".
ḥaḡaḡ חָגַג Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to hold a festival, to hold a feast, to celebrate".
hagaþorn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hawthorn".
hagi 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, pasture".
hagi 2 萩 Japanese
Japanese character meaning "bush clover", a kun reading of qiū.
hagios ἅγιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "devoted to the gods, sacred".
hagnos ἁγνός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "chaste".
hago Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "enclosure".
hagô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "enclosure, pasture".
hǎi 海 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sea, ocean".
hải 海 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of hǎi.
haidraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bright, clear".
haidu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "kind, sort, type".
haiduz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "manner, kind, type".
haifstiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "conflict, struggle".
hail Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "healthy, whole".
hailaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "healthy, whole".
haim Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "home".
haimaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "home".
haiþī Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "heath, wilderness".
hajime 1 肇 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of zhào.
hajime 2 一 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yī.
hajime 3 元 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yuán.
ḥajj حجّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "hajj, pilgrimage".
ḥakama حكم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to pass judgement, to decide".
ḥala חָלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be sick, to be weak".
halal הָלַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to praise, to shine".
halh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "nook, recess".
halla Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hall, manor".
hallō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hall, manor".
hallr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rock, boulder, slab".
halluz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rock, boulder, slab".
hals ἅλς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sea, brine, salt".
ḥam חָם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "father-in-law".
ham 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "home, estate, settlement".
ham 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "water meadow, enclosure".
ham 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "summer".
hama 浜, 濱 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bāng.
hamel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "crooked, mutilated".
ḥamīd حميد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "praiseworthy".
ḥamida حمد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to praise".
hamon הָמוֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "multitude, crowd".
hán 1 韩, 韓 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the former state of Han, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC in what is now Shanxi and Henan provinces.
hán 2 涵 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "to contain, to include".
hàn 1 汉, 漢 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "man", also referring to the Han Chinese people.
hàn 2 翰 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "writing, painting".
han 1 韓, 한 Korean
Korean reading of hán. It is also used to refer to the region of Korea.
han 2 半 Japanese
Japanese on reading of bàn.
hana 1 花 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of huā.
hana 2 華 Japanese
Means "flower, splendour", a Japanese kun reading of huá.
hanaʾa هنأ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be beneficial, to gladden, to enjoy".
ḥanan חָנַן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be gracious, to have mercy, to show favour".
hane 羽 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yǔ.
háng 行 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "business, line, row".
hằng 姮 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of héng.
hang 港, 항 Korean
Korean reading of gǎng.
ḥanna حنّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to sympathize, to pity, to yearn".
hano Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "rooster".
háo 豪 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "brave, heroic, chivalrous".
hào 1 镐, 鎬 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "stove, bright".
hào 2 晧 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "daybreak, bright".
hào 3 浩 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "great, numerous, vast".
hào 4 皓 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, luminous, clear, hoary".
hào 5 昊 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "summer, sky, heaven".
hào 6 豪 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of háo.
hǎo 好 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "good, excellent".
ḥaqq حقّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "truth".
hár Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "high".
har 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "grey".
har 2 הַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "mountain".
hara 1 原 Japanese
Means "field, plain", from a Japanese kun reading of yuán.
hara 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hare".
hard Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
harduz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hard, firm, brave".
hari 1 हरि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "yellow, tawny", and by extension "monkey, horse, lion".
hari 2 Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "army".
haritz Basque
Basque word meaning "oak tree".
harjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "army".
harṣa हर्ष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "happiness".
hart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
harðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
haru 1 春 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chūn.
haru 2 陽 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yáng.
haru 3 晴 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of qíng.
haru 4 遥, 遙 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yáo.
haru 5 治 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhì.
haruka 遥, 遙 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yáo.
ḥasama حسم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to sever, to finish, to decide".
ḥasan حسن Arabic
Arabic word meaning "beautiful".
hashama هشم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to crush, to destroy".
hashi 橋 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qiáo.
haso Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "hare".
hasô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hare".
ḥasuna حسن Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be good, to be beautiful".
ḥat 𓎛𓄿𓏏 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "front, foremost".
haþu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "battle, combat".
hathu Old Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon word meaning "battle, combat".
haþus 𐌷𐌰𐌸𐌿𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "battle, combat".
haþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle, combat".
ḥatsa חָצָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to divide".
hatsu 初 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chū.
hau Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "snow, cold".
haubudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "head".
haugr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hill, cairn".
hauhaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "high".
haul Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "sun".
ḥawa חָוָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to breathe".
hay հայ Armenian
Armenian word meaning "Armenian".
ḥaya חָיָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to live".
haya 1 隼 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of sǔn.
haya 2 早 Japanese
Means "already, now", a Japanese kun reading of zǎo.
ḥayāh حياة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "life".
hayashi 林 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of lín.
hayate 颯 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of sà.
ḥayiya حيي Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to live".
ḥaza חָזָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to see".
ḥazaq חָזַק Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to strengthen, to be strong".
hé 1 河 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "river, stream".
hé 2 荷 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lotus, water lily".
hé 3 和 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "harmony, peace".
hé 4 何 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "where, what, who" (an interrogative word).
hè 1 鹤, 鶴 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "crane (bird)".
hè 2 荷 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "carry, hold".
hè 3 赫 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright".
heafod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "head".
heah Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "high".
heall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hall, manor".
heard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
hedd Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "peace".
heg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hay".
hēi 黑 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "black".
hei 1 平 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of píng.
hei 2 Tahitian
Tahitian word meaning "garland, crown of flowers".
heida Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heath, heather".
heil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "healthy, whole".
heill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "healthy, whole".
heim Old High German
Old High German word meaning "home".
heimr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "home".
heisti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "loud, violent".
heit Old High German
Old High German suffix meaning "kind, sort, type". It converts an adjective into a noun.
heitha Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "heath, heather".
heiðr 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bright, clear".
heiðr 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "heath, moor".
heiðr 3 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "honour, worth".
helfa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "help".
helios ἥλιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sun".
helm Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish word meaning "helmet".
helmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "helmet".
helpō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "help".
helpu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "help".
hem Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "home".
hema हेम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "golden".
hen Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "old".
héng 1 恒, 恆 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "constant, persistent".
héng 2 姮 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lady".
héng 3 横, 橫 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "horizontal, across".
hēng 亨 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "smoothly progressing".
heofon Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sky, heaven".
heord Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "herd".
heorot Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hart, deer".
here 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "army".
here 2 Tahitian
Tahitian word meaning "loved, dear".
heri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "army".
herizogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "army leader, duke".
heros ἥρως Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "hero, warrior".
herr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "army, warrior".
herro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "master".
herutaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hart, male deer".
heruz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "sword".
heure Medieval French
Old French word meaning "hour, time".
hi 1 陽 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yáng.
hi 2 日 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of rì.
hi 3 緋 Japanese
Japanese on reading of fēi.
hi 4 一 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yī.
hi 5 火 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of huǒ.
hibiki 響 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xiǎng.
hide 1 秀 Japanese
Means "excellent, outstanding", a Japanese nanori reading of xiù.
hide 2 英 Japanese
Means "excellent, fine", a Japanese nanori reading of yīng.
hiemi ἵημι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to throw".
hierde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "herdsman, guardian".
hieros ἱερός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sacred, divine".
hiếu 孝 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of xiào.
higashi 東 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of dōng.
hijrān هجْران Arabic
Arabic word meaning "abandonment".
hikari 光, ひかり Japanese
Japanese kun reading of guāng.
hikaru 1 光 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of guāng.
hikaru 2 輝 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of huī.
hiko 彦, 彥 Japanese
Means "boy, prince", from a Japanese kun reading of yàn.
hilāl هلال Arabic
Arabic word meaning "crescent moon".
hilaros ἱλαρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "cheerful".
hild Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "battle".
hildi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "battle".
hildiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle, fight".
hildr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle".
hilds 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "battle".
hilja Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "silent, quiet".
hilt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".
himawari 向日葵 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "sunflower".
hinata 1 日向 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "sunny place".
hinata 2 陽向 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "toward the sun".
hinata 3 向日葵 Japanese
Non-standard reading of himawari.
hippos ἵππος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "horse".
hir Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "long, tall".
hīra हीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "diamond".
hira 平 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of píng.
hiraku 拓 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of tà.
hiro 1 寛 Japanese
Means "tolerant, generous", from a Japanese kun reading of kuān.
hiro 2 裕 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yù.
hiro 3 浩 Japanese
Means "prosperous", from a Japanese kun reading of hào.
hiro 4 大 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of dà.
hiro 5 博 Japanese
Means "command, esteem", from a Japanese kun reading of bó.
hiro 6 尋 Japanese
Means "fathom, armspan", a Japanese kun reading of xún.
hiro 7 弘 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of hóng.
hiroshi 1 寛 Japanese
Means "tolerant, generous", from a Japanese nanori reading of kuān.
hiroshi 2 裕 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yù.
hiroshi 3 浩 Japanese
Means "prosperous", from a Japanese nanori reading of hào.
hiroshi 4 博 Japanese
Means "command, esteem", from a Japanese nanori reading of bó.
hiruz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hart, deer".
hisa 1 久 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of jiǔ.
hisa 2 寿, 壽 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of shòu.
histemi ἵστημι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to stand, to set up".
hito 1 史 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of shǐ.
hito 2 人 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of rén.
hito 3 仁 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of rén.
hitomi 瞳 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of tóng.
hjalmr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "helmet".
hjǫrr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sword".
hjǫrtr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hart, deer".
hlaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "mound, small hill".
hle Nguni
Nguni word meaning "beautiful, good".
hlenga Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to rescue, to save".
hlíð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hillside, slope".
hlud Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "famous, loud".
hlūdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "loud, famous".
hlut Old High German
Old High German word meaning "famous, loud".
ḥnn 𐤇𐤍𐤍 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical), Phoenician
Semitic root meaning "to be gracious".
ho 1 鎬, 호 Korean
Korean reading of hào.
ho 2 晧, 호 Korean
Korean reading of hào.
ho 3 浩, 호 Korean
Korean reading of hào.
ho 4 皓, 호 Korean
Korean reading of hào.
ho 5 昊, 호 Korean
Korean reading of hào.
ho 6 好, 호 Korean
Korean reading of hǎo.
ho 7 穂 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of suì.
ho 8 保 Japanese
Japanese on reading of bǎo.
hoa 花 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of huā.
hoàng 黃 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of huáng.
hōbō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "plot of land".
hoc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hook, angle".
hod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hood, hat".
hoḏ הוֹד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "majesty, splendour".
hoda הוֹדָה Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to thank".
hōdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hood, hat".
hodos ὁδός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "road, way, journey".
hoeng 香 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of xiāng.
hof Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "yard, court, house".
hogg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hog".
hoh 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "high".
hoh 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "heel, hough, point of land".
hok Old Frisian
Old Frisian word meaning "hook, angle".
hōkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hook".
hōkū Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "star".
hol Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hollow, sunken, deep".
hold Old High German
Old High German word meaning "favourable, gracious, graceful, loyal".
holegn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "holly".
holgar Spanish
Spanish word meaning "to rest, to enjoy oneself".
hǫll Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hall, manor".
holmr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "small island".
holt Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old English, Old Norse, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "forest".
holz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wood".
homme Medieval French
Old French word meaning "man".
homo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "man".
hon 本 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of běn.
hóng 1 弘 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "enlarge, expand, great".
hóng 2 鸿, 鴻 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wild swan, great, vast".