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 ch