He or HE may refer to:

Language

* He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ *

He (letter) He is the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Hē , Hebrew Hē , Aramaic Hē , Syriac Hē , and Arabic . Its sound value is the voiceless glottal fricative (). The proto-Canaanite letter gave rise to the Greek Epsilon Ε ...

, the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets *

He (Cyrillic) Ge or Ghe (Г г; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is also known in some languages as He. It commonly represents the voiced velar plosive , like in "gift". It is generally romanized using the Latin letter G, but to roma ...

, a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in Ukrainian * Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 code: he)

Places

* He County, Anhui, China * He River, or Hejiang (贺江), a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong * Hebei, abbreviated as ''HE'', a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HE) * Hesse, abbreviated as ''HE'', a state of Germany

People

* He (surname), Chinese surname, sometimes transcribed Hé or Ho; includes a list of notable individuals so named * Zheng He (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, or He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism

Arts, entertainment, and media

* He (short story), "He" (short story), a 1926 short story by H. P. Lovecraft * "He", a 1927 short story by Katherine Anne Porter * He (film), ''He'' (film), a 2012 Irish film * He (song), "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 (author), John Connolly about Stan Laurel

Acronyms

* His Eminence, a religious title * His or Her Excellency, a political title

Science

*Hektoen enteric agar, used in microbiology to identify certain organisms *Helium, symbol He, a chemical element *Hemagglutinin esterase, a viral protein *Hematoxylin and eosin stain, a popular staining method in histology *Hepatic encephalopathy *High explosive *Holocene Era or Human Era, the year count system of the Holocene calendar **Holocene Epoch, its rough equivalent *Homomorphic encryption

Military

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

Other uses

* Heathrow Express, an airport rail link between London Heathrow Airport and Paddington * Heinkel Flugzeugwerke (in aircraft model prefixes) * Higher education * Hurricane Electric, a global Internet service provider