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A hooked h, for a breathy h sound.
Also known as: ɦ, H with hook, Hooktop h, Breathy h
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a hooked h denotes a voiced glottal fricative, often described as breathy voice. It occurs in English between vowels in words like ahead.
Denotes a voiced glottal fricative, produced with the vocal folds vibrating while air passes through with audible friction.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Occurs in Czech, Hindi and Zulu as a phoneme, and in English as the usual realisation of h between vowels in words such as ahead.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A lower-case letter h whose ascending stroke curves over to the left at the top in a small arc.