Letter 8 of 26
The letter H in braille
H is dots 1, 2 and 5.
Dots 1-2-5
Unicode ⠓ — U+2813
How to recognise it
Dots 1, 2 and 5 form a shape like a squared-off C facing right. h and j are mirror images of each other across the cell.
How this cell is built
H is one of the ten base shapes of decade 1, built from dots 1, 2, 4 and 5 only. Every letter from k onwards is one of these ten with extra dots added.
Easily confused with
These letters differ from H by a single dot, which is where reading errors actually happen. Drill them against each other rather than in alphabetical order.
Practice words
Each word below starts with H, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
has
help
hand
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, H means “have”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter h. See the contraction reference for the full list.