Latin Capital Letter H With Diaeresis Letter
Ḧ is the capital letter H with a diaeresis, encoded as Unicode U+1E26.
U+1E26
Ḧ is a Latin Extended character used when you need H with two dots above it. It’s represented in Unicode as U+1E26, so it’s easy to include in digital text and layouts.
Latin Capital Letter H With Diaeresis Letter Meaning
Ḧ is the uppercase form of the letter H with a diaeresis (two dots) placed above the character. In practice, this diacritic marks a distinct letter form used by various languages and orthographies that require “H with diaeresis” as a specific character rather than a plain H. Because it’s a single Unicode character, it helps ensure correct rendering, searching, and typography—especially in multilingual documents. If you’re writing or formatting text that expects this exact character, copy it directly instead of trying to approximate it with separate letters and combining marks.
Common uses
- •Writing names or words that specifically use “H with diaeresis” as a distinct character
- •Preparing multilingual documents where a single precomposed character is required
- •UI and typography work requiring exact character appearance (two dots above H)
- •Data entry, labels, and forms that must match an exact Unicode character
- •Including the character in code, templates, or web content using its Unicode value
Examples
Ḧ Latin Capital Letter H with Diaeresis
- ḦḦello
- ḦḦaiku
- ḦSḦolmes
- ḦFḦair
- ḦḦousing
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1E26 | |
| HTML Entity | Ḧ | |
| HTML Code | Ḧ | |
| CSS | \1E26 | |
| Alt Code | Alt + 7718 | |
| Decimal | 7718 |
How to type Latin Capital Letter H With Diaeresis Letter (Ḧ)
On Windows
Hold Alt and type 7718 on the numeric keypad. In Word, type 1E26 then press Alt + X.
On Mac
Switch to the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, then hold Option and type 1E26. Or press Control + Command + Space and search.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 1e26, then press Enter or Space.
Anywhere
Copy Ḧ with the button above and paste it wherever you need it — this works on every device and in every app, with no keyboard shortcut to remember.
FAQ
What does the Latin Capital Letter H With Diaeresis letter mean?
Ḧ is the uppercase form of the letter H with a diaeresis (two dots) placed above the character. In practice, this diacritic marks a distinct letter form used by various languages and orthographies that require “H with diaeresis” as a specific character rather than a plain H. Because it’s a single Unicode character, it helps ensure correct rendering, searching, and typography—especially in multilingual documents. If you’re writing or formatting text that expects this exact character, copy it directly instead of trying to approximate it with separate letters and combining marks.
What Unicode character is Ḧ?
Ḧ is the “LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H WITH DIAERESIS” with Unicode code point U+1E26.
How do I copy Ḧ?
Copy the character directly from this page. You can also use the HTML entity Ḧ or the escapes provided (CSS: \1E26, JavaScript: \u{1E26}).
Is Ḧ the same as a normal “H” plus two dots made separately?
Not always. Ḧ is a single precomposed Unicode character. If you create it using separate characters/combining marks, results can differ in matching, searching, or rendering.
Where is Ḧ commonly used?
It’s used in orthographies that require H with a diaeresis as a distinct letter form, and in multilingual text where exact Unicode characters matter.