Hg Explained

Hg is the symbol of chemical element mercury (from its Latin name Latin: hydrargyrum).

Hg, hg, HG, inHg or "Hg may also refer to:

Arts and media

• H. G. Wells, English writer
• House & Garden or HG, a former US magazine
• Harry G. Nelson, half of the Roy and HG comedy duo
• Hengwrt Chaucer or Hg, a manuscript of the Canterbury Tales
• Masaki Sumitani or HG, Japanese professional wrestler

Organizations

• Hg (equity firm), headquartered in London and Munich
• Hg Capital Trust, a British investment trust
• Hengdian Group, a Chinese private conglomerate
• Hlinka Guard, a militia movement of the Slovak People's Party from 1938 to 1945
• Niki (airline) (IATA code HG)

Places

• HG postcode area, in Yorkshire, England
• Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany (vehicle plate code HG)
• Hillgrove Secondary School, a secondary school in Bukit Batok, Singapore

Science and technology

• Hg, the chemical symbol for mercury
• hg, the driver program of Mercurial, a version Control system
• Hectogram, a unit of weight equal to 100 grams
• Hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy
• Inch of mercury, a unit of measurement for pressure
• Human geography, a branch of geography

Other uses

• His/Her Grace, a style used for various high-ranking personages
• Huge-Gigantacus, a hero in the mobile video game Plants vs. Zombies Heroes

See also

• Archer Maclean's Mercury or [Hg] Hydrium, a video game
• Hengdian, Zhejiang, China