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) へ, in hiragana, or ヘ in katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary 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 The He River is a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong provinces in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it ...

, 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), ''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), ''Jars of Clay'' (album) * ''He'', a novel by John Connolly (author), John Connolly about Stan Laurel * ''HE...'', a 2011 film

Food

* Hé (Chinese pastry)

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 * He, the middle ranking threat level for abnormalities in the Korean video game ''Lobotomy Corporation''