ჰ — hae
«hae» is a consonant of Georgian, the “Georgian alphabet (mxedruli)” script, read as “h”. A light breath of h, as in English 'hat'. For example, in the word “ჰო” — yes (colloquial). The Georgian alphabet has 33 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. Do not confuse with ხ: ჰ is almost a bare exhale, ხ is a full throaty kh. It appears, for example, in the word “ჰო” — yeah.
In short
| Character | ჰ |
| Name | hae |
| Sound | h |
| What it is | a consonant |
In our course the character comes 33rd of 33: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, before it comes ჭ, appears in 15 words of this site.
How it sounds
A light breath of h, as in English 'hat'
Other written forms
The same character is written differently on a shop sign and in a book. Here are all the forms you may meet.
| Form | Character | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mtavruli | Ჰ | the display style: signs, headings, all-caps lettering |
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
- ჰოhoyes (colloquial)
The character in the “throat sounds” group
Four letters English does not have at all: ღ a gargled g, ყ from the very bottom of the throat, ხ a hard kh, ჰ a plain exhale.
Words with this character
- ჰოhoyeah
- ჰაერიhaeriair
- ჰობიhobihobby
- ჰაერის ტემპერატურაhaeris temperaturaair temperature
- რა ჰქვია ამას?ra hkvia amas?what is it called?
- აჰა, ასეaha, aseso that's how it is
- ჰიმნიhimnianthem
- ძლივს ჰყოფნისdzlivs hqopnisbarely enough
- ჰიპოთეზაhipotezahypothesis
- ამას მოჰყვაamas mohqvaright after that
- ბოროტი განზრახვა არ ჰქონდაboroti ganzrakhva ar hkondahe meant no harm
- ჰორიზონტიhorizontihorizon
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 (for «hae» it is “h”, as in the word “ჰო”), 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 — 33 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 Georgian character ჰ read?
As “h” — it is a consonant of the “Georgian alphabet (mxedruli)” script. A light breath of h, as in English 'hat'. For example, in the word “ჰო” — yes (colloquial).
What is the letter ჰ called?
Hae. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Georgian script: it is called “hae” and reads as “h”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.
What can ჰ be confused with?
Do not confuse with ხ: ჰ is almost a bare exhale, ხ is a full throaty kh. Similar characters are best studied side by side and deliberately compared: learned on different days, they stay separate and get mixed up at their first meeting inside a word.