H-igice cyicyuma nigice cyubukungu hamwe nubushakashatsi buhanitse hamwe nibice byinshi byateganijwe kugabanywa hamwe no kugereranya imbaraga zingirakamaro.Yiswe izina kuko igice cyayo ni kimwe ninyuguti yicyongereza “H”.Kuberako ibice byose byicyuma cya H bitondekanye kuruhande rwiburyo, ibyuma bya H-igice bifite ibyiza byo kwihanganira kunama gukomeye, kubaka byoroshye, kuzigama ibiciro hamwe nuburemere bwimiterere yuburyo bwose, kandi byarakoreshejwe cyane.