Hydrogen has a charge of +1 when it loses its electron to form an ion, which is called a hydrogen cation or hydron. In its non-ionized form, hydrogen does not have a charge, as it has one proton (positive charge unit) orbited by one electron (negative charge unit), making it neutral overall. Therefore, hydrogen has a positive charge of +1 when it loses its electron to form an ion, but it is neutral in its non-ionized form.