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To me it sounds like a Spanish j. For example, ĥodiau (today) sounds to me as jodiau.

Today is "hodiaŭ". It uses the regular h.

Ĥ/ĥ is less common in esperanto and in some cases has been replaced with other letters.

You are right, I mixed the accents. Interesting, will lookup some words with ĥ.