He or HE may refer to:

Language

He (letter) He is the fifth Letter (alphabet), letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician ''hē'' 𐤄, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew ''hē'' , Aramaic alphabet, Aramaic ''hē'' 𐡄, Syriac alphabet, Syriac ''hē'' ܗ, and Arabic ...

, the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads *

He (pronoun) In Modern English, ''he'' is a singular, masculine, third-person pronoun. Morphology In Standard Modern English, ''he'' has four shapes representing five distinct word forms: * ''he'': the nominative (subjective) form * ''him'': the ...

, a pronoun in Modern English * He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana) *

Ge (Cyrillic) Ge, ghe, or he (Г г; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Most commonly, it represents the voiced velar plosive , like the in "gift", or the voiced glottal fricative , like the in "heft". It is generally romanized using t ...

, a Cyrillic letter called ''He'' in Ukrainian *

Hebrew language Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language unti ...

(ISO 639-1 language code: he)

Places

He County He County or Hexian () is a county in the east of Anhui Province, China, under the jurisdiction of Ma'anshan. It has a population of 650,000 and an area of . The government of He County is located in Liyang Town. History From 1965 to 2011, He Co ...

, Anhui, China * He River, or Hejiang (贺江), a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong *

Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

, abbreviated as ''HE'', a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HE) *

Hessen Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major historic cities are Da ...

, abbreviated as ''HE'', a state of Germany

People

He (surname) He or Ho is the Romanization, romanized transliteration of several Chinese family names. According to a 2012 survey, 14 million people had Hé (wiktionary:何, 何) listed as their surname, making it the 17th most common surname in Mainland Chin ...

, Chinese surname, sometimes transcribed Hé or Ho; includes a list of notable individuals so named *

Zheng He Zheng He (also romanized Cheng Ho; 1371–1433/1435) was a Chinese eunuch, admiral and diplomat from the early Ming dynasty, who is often regarded as the greatest admiral in History of China, Chinese history. Born into a Muslims, Muslim famil ...

(1371–1433), Chinese admiral * He (和) and He (合), collectively known as 和合二仙 ('' He-He er xian'', "Two immortals He"), two Taoist immortals known as the "Immortals of Harmony and Unity" *

Immortal Woman He He Xiangu, birth name He Qiong, is a Chinese mythology, Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoism, Taoist pantheon. She is often seen as the only female among the Eight Immortals (though the sex of Lan Caihe, anothe ...

, or He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism

Arts, entertainment, and media

* "He" (short story), a 1926 short story by H. P. Lovecraft * "He", a 1927 short story by

Katherine Anne Porter Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, poet, and political activist. Her 1962 novel '' Ship of Fools'' was the best-selling novel in the United States that y ...

* ''He'' (film), a 2012 Irish film * "He" (song), a 1955 Christian song written by Jack Richards and Richard Mullan * "He", a song by Jars of Clay from the 1995 album ''Jars of Clay'' (album) * ''He'', a novel by John Connolly about Stan Laurel * '' HE...'', a 2011 film

Food

* Hé (Chinese pastry)

Acronyms

His Eminence His Eminence (abbreviation H.Em. or HE) is a style (manner of address), style of reference for high nobility, still in use in various religious contexts. Catholicism The style remains in use as the official style or standard form of address in ...

, a religious title * His or Her

Excellency Excellency is an honorific style (manner of address), style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy. Once entitled to the title "Excellency", the holder ...

, a political title

Science

Hektoen enteric agar Hektoen enteric agar (HEK, HE or HEA) is a selective and differential agar primarily used to recover '' Salmonella'' and '' Shigella'' from patient specimens. HEA contains indicators of lactose fermentation and hydrogen sulfide production; as we ...

, used in microbiology to identify certain organisms *

Helium Helium (from ) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol He and atomic number 2. It is a colorless, odorless, non-toxic, inert gas, inert, monatomic gas and the first in the noble gas group in the periodic table. Its boiling point is ...

, symbol He, a chemical element *

Hemagglutinin esterase Hemagglutinin esterase (HEs) is a glycoprotein that certain enveloped viruses possess and use as an invading mechanism. HEs helps in the attachment and destruction of certain sialic acid receptors that are found on the host cell surface. V ...

, a viral protein *

Hematoxylin and eosin stain Hematoxylin and eosin stain (American and British English spelling differences, or haematoxylin and eosin stain or hematoxylin–eosin stain; often abbreviated as H&E stain or HE stain) is one of the principal tissue staining, stains used in ...

, a popular staining method in histology *

Hepatic encephalopathy Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is an altered level of consciousness as a result of liver failure. Its onset may be gradual or sudden. Other symptoms may include movement problems, changes in mood, or changes in personality. In the advanced stag ...

High explosive An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An exp ...

*Holocene Era or Human Era, the year count system of the

Holocene calendar The Holocene calendar, also known as the Holocene Era or Human Era (HE), is a year numbering system that adds exactly 10,000 years to the currently dominant ( AD/BC or CE/BCE) numbering scheme, placing its first year near the beginning of the ...

Holocene The Holocene () is the current geologic time scale, geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago. It follows the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene to ...

Epoch, its rough equivalent *

Homomorphic encryption Homomorphic encryption is a form of encryption that allows computations to be performed on encrypted data without first having to decrypt it. The resulting computations are left in an encrypted form which, when decrypted, result in an output th ...

Military

High-explosive anti-tank High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions by having an explosive charge collapse a metal liner inside the warhead into a high-velocity ...

, or HEAT *

High-explosive incendiary In warfare, high-explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to impart energy and therefore damage to its target in one or both of two ways: via a high-explosive charge and/or via its incendiary (fire-causing) effects. E ...

, or HEI * High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition, or HEIAP

Other uses

Heathrow Express Heathrow Express is a high-frequency airport rail link operating between London Heathrow Airport and . Opened in 1998, trains run non-stop, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is operated jointly by Great Western Railway (train operat ...

, an airport rail link between London Heathrow Airport and Paddington *

Heinkel Heinkel Flugzeugwerke () was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight, wit ...

Flugzeugwerke (in aircraft model prefixes) *

Higher education Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...

* Hurricane Electric, a global Internet service provider * He, the middle ranking threat level for abnormalities in the Korean video game ''

Lobotomy Corporation ''Lobotomy Corporation'' is a 2018 indie game, indie Horror game, horror Roguelike, rogue-like strategy video game, strategy management simulation video game developed and published by South Korean studio Project Moon for Microsoft Windows. Set in ...