Elements Starting with H

usage
type
'ḫ 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 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of .
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of .
habaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oat".
habib 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 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of .
hadas 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".
hafan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pot, vessel".
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".
hagi 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "enclosure, pasture".
hagi 2 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 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sea, ocean".
hải 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".
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 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of zhào.
hajime 2 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of .
hajime 3 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yuán.
hajj حَجّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "hajj, pilgrimage".
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".
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".
hamid حَمِيد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "praiseworthy".
hamida حَمِدَ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to praise".
hamon הָמוֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "multitude, crowd".
ḥan 𐤇𐤍 Phoenician
Phoenician word meaning "grace, favour".
hán 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.
han 1 韓, 한 Korean
Korean reading of hán. It is also used to refer to the region of Korea.
han 2 Japanese
Japanese on reading of bàn.
hana 1 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of huā.
hana 2 Japanese
Means "flower, splendour", a Japanese kun reading of huá.
hane Japanese
Japanese kun reading of .
háng Chinese
Chinese character meaning "business, line, row".
hằng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of héng.
hano Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "rooster".
háo Chinese
Chinese character meaning "brave, heroic, chivalrous".
hào 1 镐, 鎬 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "stove, bright".
hào 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "daybreak, bright".
hào 3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "great, numerous, vast".
hào 4 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, luminous, clear, hoary".
hào 5 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "summer, sky, heaven".
hào 6 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of háo.
hǎo Chinese
Chinese character meaning "good, excellent".
haqq 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 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 element 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".
harsha 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 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chūn.
haru 2 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yáng.
haru 3 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of qíng.
haru 4 遥, 遙 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yáo.
haru 5 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhì.
haruka 遥, 遙 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yáo.
hashi 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".
hasuna حَسُنَ 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".
hatsu 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".
hay հայ Armenian
Armenian word meaning "Armenian".
haya 1 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of sǔn.
haya 2 Japanese
Means "already, now", a Japanese kun reading of zǎo.
hayashi Japanese
Japanese kun reading of lín.
hayate Japanese
Japanese kun reading of .
hayiya حيي Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to live".
1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "river, stream".
2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lotus, water lily".
3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "harmony, peace".
4 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "where, what, who" (an interrogative word).
1 鹤, 鶴 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "crane (bird)".
2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "carry, hold".
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 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "black".
hei 1 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".
heim Old High German
Old High German word meaning "home".
heimr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "home".
heit Old High German
Old High German suffix meaning "kind, sort, type". It converts an adjective into a noun.
heiðr 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bright, clear".
heiðr 2 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "heath, moor".
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 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lady".
héng 3 横, 橫 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "horizontal, across".
hēng 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 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yáng.
hi 2 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of .
hi 3 Japanese
Japanese on reading of fēi.
hi 4 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of .
hi 5 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of huǒ.
hibiki Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xiǎng.
hide 1 Japanese
Means "excellent, outstanding", a Japanese nanori reading of xiù.
hide 2 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 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of xiào.
higashi Japanese
Japanese kun reading of dōng.
hikari 光, ひかり Japanese
Japanese kun reading of guāng.
hikaru 1 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of guāng.
hikaru 2 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of huī.
hiko 彦, 彥 Japanese
Means "boy, prince", from a Japanese kun reading of yàn.
hilal 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".
hira 1 हीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "diamond".
hira 2 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of píng.
hiraku Japanese
Japanese kun reading of .
hiro 1 Japanese
Means "tolerant, generous", from a Japanese kun reading of kuān.
hiro 2 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of .
hiro 3 Japanese
Means "prosperous", from a Japanese kun reading of hào.
hiro 4 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of .
hiro 5 Japanese
Means "command, esteem", from a Japanese kun reading of .
hiro 6 Japanese
Means "fathom, armspan", a Japanese kun reading of xún.
hiro 7 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of hóng.
hiroshi 1 Japanese
Means "tolerant, generous", from a Japanese nanori reading of kuān.
hiroshi 2 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of .
hiroshi 3 Japanese
Means "prosperous", from a Japanese nanori reading of hào.
hiroshi 4 Japanese
Means "command, esteem", from a Japanese nanori reading of .
hiruz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hart, deer".
hisa 1 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 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of shǐ.
hito 2 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of rén.
hito 3 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of rén.
hitomi 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 Southern African, Nguni
Nguni word meaning "beautiful, good".
hlenga Southern African, 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 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
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 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of suì.
ho 8 Japanese
Japanese on reading of bǎo.
hoa Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of huā.
hoàng 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 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hood, hat".
hod 2 הוֹד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "majesty, splendour".
hodah 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".
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".
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 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of běn.
hóng 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "enlarge, expand, great".
hóng 2 鸿, 鴻 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wild swan, great, vast".
hóng 3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "rainbow".
hóng 4 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wide, spacious, great, vast".
hóng 5 红, 紅 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "red, vermillion, blush".
hồng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of hóng.
hono 1 Japanese
Obscure Japanese nanori reading of .
hono 2 Japanese
Obscure Japanese nanori reading of suì.
honor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "honour".
hora Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "hour".
horh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dirt, mud, mucus".
horn Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German, Old Norse and Old Dutch word meaning "horn".
hors Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "horse".
hosanna ὡσαννά Biblical Greek
Greek rendering of the Aramaic expression הושע נא (hosha' na') meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew.
hosha' na' הושע נא Ancient Aramaic
Aramaic expression meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew.
hoshi Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xīng.
hotaru Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yíng.
hǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle, combat".
hóu Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lord, nobleman".
hòu Chinese
Chinese character meaning "thick".
houbit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head".
houva Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "plot of land, farm".
houwan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to chop, to cut".
ḥr 𓎛𓂋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "face".
hraban Old High German
Old High German word meaning "raven".
hrabnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "raven".
hrace Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "throat, gorge".
hræfn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "raven".
hrafn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "raven".
hram Old High German, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "raven" (a variant of hraban).
hreiðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nest, home".
hris Old High German
Old High German word meaning "twig, branch, bush".
hriðer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cattle, ox".
hrok Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "crow, rook".
hrōkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "crow, rook".
hrōmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fame, glory".
hros Old High German
Old High German word meaning "horse".
hross Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "horse".
hroth Old Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon word meaning "fame, glory".