hei

hei is the alternative spelling of he.

Meaning of he

he (countable and uncountable, plural hes)

(uncountable) The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.
(informal) A male.
- Is your cat a he or a she?

The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter He, the fifth in their Alphabet.1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 210
The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

HEI (countable and uncountable, plural HEIs)

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of higher education institution.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of high-explosive incendiary.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of hot-carrier injection.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of human-environment interaction.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of high-efficiency incandescent (“a type of light bulb”).

HEI

plural	heis
plural	HEIs

What is hei the alternative spelling of?: Hei is the alternative spelling of he.
What part of speech is hei?: Hei can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hei?: The plural of hei is heis.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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