He Explained

He or HE may refer to:

Language

• He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads
• He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English
• He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana)
• Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter called He in Ukrainian
• Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 language 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)
• Hessen, 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), a 1926 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• "He", a 1927 short story by Katherine Anne Porter
• 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, 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

See also

• Hezhou (disambiguation)