Inches to hands (h) conversion table shows the most common values for the quick reference. Alternatively, you may use the converter below to convert any other values. 1 Inch = 0.25 Hand. 1 Hand = 4 Inches. Inch is a unit of length in different types of systems such as imperial and us customary and widely used daily. The abbreviation is in and also the symbol is a double prime (  ). Hand is a very old length unit as you may guess but now usually used to measure the height of horses in some countries.