LingoflyՀ հ — ho
«ho» is a consonant of the Armenian script, read as “h (as in hello)”. Just the light English h — not the raspy kh. The Armenian alphabet has 39 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. It appears, for example, in the word “Հաջող” (hajogh) — bye.
In short
| Character | Հ հ |
| Name | ho |
| Sound | h (as in hello) |
| What it is | a consonant |
In our course the character comes 20th of 40: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are կ and գ, appears in 725 words of this site.
How to type Հ հ
- On a phone: add the Armenian keyboard in the keyboard settings (Gboard on Android; Keyboards in the iPhone settings).
- In Word on Windows: type U+0570 and press Alt+X right after it — the code turns into the character.
- On a Mac: switch to the Unicode Hex Input source, hold Option and type 0570.
- Unicode code points: հ — U+0570, Հ — U+0540. With them, the characters can be found in the character map of any system.
How it sounds
Just the light English h — not the raspy kh
The character in the “other consonants” group
Sixteen signs, and no triplets anywhere. Fifteen have a sound of their own; ւ lives only inside ու (u) and և. The pair ր and ռ differs by rolling: ր is a soft single tap, ռ is a full trill.
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound, see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 39 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Armenian character հ read?
As “h (as in hello)” — it is a consonant of the Armenian script. Just the light English h — not the raspy kh.
What is the letter հ called?
Ho. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Armenian script: it is called “ho” and reads as “h (as in hello)”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.