U+0068 "h" Latin Small Letter H Unicode Character

U+0068 "h" Latin Small Letter H is the standard lowercase version of the eighth letter in the Latin alphabet, representing a voiceless glottal fricative sound common in English and many other languages. It occupies code point U+0068 within the Basic Latin block, which is identical to its ASCII encoding value of 104. This character is widely used in writing, digital text, and programming, often appearing as a consonant in words like "house" or "help" and functioning as a key symbol in scientific notations, such as Planck's constant. Its simple, single-stroke shape is derived from the Latin script tradition, making it a fundamental component of modern typography and text processing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0068
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter H
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	h
HTML Hex Encoding	h
UTF-8 Encoding	0x68
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0068
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000068
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0068

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
East Asian Width	Narrow
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"H" U+0048 Latin Capital Letter H
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"H" U+0048 Latin Capital Letter H
Uppercase Code Point	"H" U+0048 Latin Capital Letter H
Titlecase Code Point	"H" U+0048 Latin Capital Letter H
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower