He or HE may refer to:
Language
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He (pronoun), an English pronoun
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He (kana)
へ, in hiragana, or ヘ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which represents one mora. The sound is the only sound that is written identically in hiragana and katakana. In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language
Ainu (, ), or mo ...
, the romanization of the Japanese kana へ
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He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
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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
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Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 code: he)
Places
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He County
He County or Hexian () is a county in the east of Anhui Province, People's Republic of 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
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, Anhui, China
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He River, or Hejiang (贺江), a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong
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Hebei, abbreviated as ''HE'', a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HE)
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Hesse, abbreviated as ''HE'', a state of Germany
People
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He (surname)
He or Ho is the romanized transliteration of several Chinese family names. According to a 2012 survey, 14 million people had Hé ( 何) listed as their surname, making it the 17th most common surname in Mainland China, a spot it retained in 2019 ...
, Chinese surname, sometimes transcribed Hé or Ho; includes a list of notable individuals so named
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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"
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Immortal Woman He
He Xiangu, birth name He Qiong, is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. She is often seen as the only female among the Eight Immortals (though the sex of Lan Caihe, another of the Eight Immortals, ...
, or He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism
Arts, entertainment, and media
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"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, and political activist. Her 1962 novel ''Ship of Fools'' was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her sh ...
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''He'' (film), a 2012 Irish film
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"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)
''Jars of Clay'' is the first full-length studio album by Christian rock group Jars of Clay. It was released on October 24, 1995, by Essential Records. The album was released to commercial and critical acclaim, becoming one of the few Christi ...
* ''He'', a novel by
John Connolly about Stan Laurel
Acronyms
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His Eminence, a religious title
* His or Her
Excellency, a political title
Science
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Hektoen enteric agar, used in microbiology to identify certain organisms
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Helium, symbol He, a chemical element
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Hemagglutinin esterase, a viral protein
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Hematoxylin and eosin stain, a popular staining method in histology
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Hepatic encephalopathy
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High explosive
*Holocene Era or Human Era, the year count system of the
Holocene calendar
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Holocene Epoch, its rough equivalent
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Homomorphic encryption
Military
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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 ...
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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. ...
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High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition
High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition (HEIAP) is a form of shell which combines armor-piercing capability and a high-explosive effect. In this respect it is a modern version of an armor-piercing shell. The ammunition may also be cal ...
, or HEIAP
Other uses
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Heathrow Express, an airport rail link between London Heathrow Airport and Paddington
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Heinkel Flugzeugwerke (in aircraft model prefixes)
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Higher education
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Hurricane Electric
Hurricane Electric is a global Internet service provider offering internet transit, tools, and network applications, as well as data center colocation and hosting services at 2 locations in Fremont, California, where the company is based.
Accord ...
, a global Internet service provider
See also
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Hezhou (disambiguation) Hezhou (贺州) is a prefecture-level city and former prefecture in Guangxi, China.
Hezhou may also refer to the followings:
Places
* Hezhou (Anhui) (和州), a prefecture between the 6th and 20th centuries in modern Anhui
* Hezhou (Chongqing) (� ...
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