The Ge'ez writing system is a syllabary — each character represents a consonant-vowel combination. There are 7 vowel orders for each base consonant.
| ሥርው ፊደል |
ስድስቱ ሠራዊተ ፊደላት | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ግዕዝ | ካዕብ | ሣልስ | ራብዕ | ሐምስ | ሳድስ | ሳብዕ | ||
| ፩ | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ | |
| ፪ | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ | |
| ፫ | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | |
| ፬ | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ | |
| ፭ | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ | |
| ፮ | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ | |
| ፯ | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ | |
| ፰ | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | |
| ፱ | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ | |
| ፲ | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ | |
| ፲፩ | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ | |
| ፲፪ | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ | |
| ፲፫ | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ | |
| ፲፬ | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ | |
| ፲፭ | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ | |
| ፲፮ | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ | |
| ፲፯ | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ | |
| ፲፰ | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ | |
| ፲፱ | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ | |
| ፳ | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ | |
| ፳፩ | ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ | |
| ፳፪ | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ | |
| ፳፫ | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ | |
| ፳፬ | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ | |
| ፳፭ | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ | |
| ፳፮ | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ | |
They are called hybrid letters because they are not listed in the seven-letter list like the basic Ge'ez letters and are usually found only in texts written in the Ge'ez script. These letters are based on the basic Ge'ez letters with a certain suffix.
The basic Ge'ez letters are listed in the order of the alphabet, starting with Ge'ez and continuing with the alphabet.
| መነሻ ፊደላት | ግዕዝ | ሳድስ | ሣልስ | ራብዕ | ኀምስ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ከ | ኰ | ኲ | ኵ | ኳ | ኴ |
| ቀ | ቈ | ቊ | ቍ | ቋ | ቌ |
| ገ | ጐ | ጕ | ጘ | ጓ | ጔ |
| ኀ | ኈ | ኍ | ኊ | ኋ | ኌ |
Geez has its own numeral system, distinct from Arabic numerals. Numbers are formed by combining base symbols.