ሀሁየአማርኛ ፊደል ገበታ ለልጆችThe Amharic alphabet: all 33 Fidel
አማርኛ 33 ፊደላት አሉት፤ እያንዳንዱ ፊደል በሰባት ቅርጽ ይጻፋል። ልጆች ሀ ሁ ሂ ሃ ሄ ህ ሆ እያሉ በቅደም ተከተል ይማራሉ — ሀሁ የሚባለውም ለዚህ ነው። ከታች ያለውን ገበታ ያንብቡ፣ ያትሙ፣ ወይም አንድ ፊደል መርጠው ይለማመዱ።
Amharic is not written with an alphabet of consonants and vowels the way English is. Each of its 33 letters is a syllable, and each one is written seven ways — once for every vowel sound. That is 231 characters in all, and Ethiopian children learn them in the order below, reciting ሀ ሁ ሂ ሃ ሄ ህ ሆ — which is why the whole system is nicknamed ሀሁ, or HaHu.
The seven orders
Order 1
ግዕዝ
Geʼez · vowel “ä”
Order 2
ካዕብ
Kaʼib · vowel “u”
Order 3
ሣልስ
Salis · vowel “i”
Order 4
ራብዕ
Rabiʼ · vowel “a”
Order 5
ኃምስ
Hamis · vowel “e”
Order 6
ሳድስ
Sadis · vowel “ə”
Order 7
ሳብዕ
Sabiʼ · vowel “o”
The full Fidel chart
Tap any letter to practise it, hear it and print its worksheet.
| Letter | ግዕዝä | ካዕብu | ሣልስi | ራብዕa | ኃምስe | ሳድስə | ሳብዕo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ሀ Ha | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ |
| ለ Le | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ |
| ሐ Hha | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ |
| መ Me | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ |
| ሠ Sse | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ |
| ረ Re | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ |
| ሰ Se | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ |
| ሸ She | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ |
| ቀ Qe | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ |
| በ Be | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ |
| ተ Te | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ |
| ቸ Che | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ |
| ኀ Hha2 | ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ |
| ነ Ne | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ |
| ኘ Nye | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ |
| አ A | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ |
| ከ Ke | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ |
| ኸ Khe | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ |
| ወ We | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ |
| ዐ A2 | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ |
| ዘ Ze | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ |
| ዠ Zhe | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ |
| የ Ye | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ |
| ደ De | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ |
| ጀ Je | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ |
| ገ Ge | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ |
| ጠ T'e | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ |
| ጨ Ch'e | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ |
| ጰ P'e | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ |
| ጸ Ts'e | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ |
| ፀ Ts'e2 | ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ |
| ፈ Fe | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ |
| ፐ Pe | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ |
| ቨ Ve | ቨ | ቩ | ቪ | ቫ | ቬ | ቭ | ቮ |
Learn each letter
- ሀHaሀበሻ — an Ethiopian person
- ለLeለምለም — lush/green
- ሐHhaሐኪም — doctor
- መMeመኪና — car
- ሠSseሠዓሊ — painter
- ረReረጅም — tall/long
- ሰSeሰላም — peace/hello
- ሸSheሸማ — shema cloth
- ቀQeቀይ — red
- በBeበሬ — ox
- ተTeተራራ — mountain
- ቸCheቸር — kind
- ኀHha2ኅዳር — month of Hedar
- ነNeነብር — leopard
- ኘNyeዋኘ — swam
- አAአበባ — flower
- ከKeከተማ — city
- ኸKheመኸር — harvest
- ወWeወፍ — bird
- ዐA2ዓይን — eye
- ዘZeዘንባባ — palm tree
- ዠZheዥዋዥዌ — swing
- የYeየዋህ — gentle
- ደDeደብተር — notebook
- ጀJeጀግና — hero
- ገGeገበያ — market
- ጠT'eጠረጴዛ — table
- ጨCh'eጨረቃ — moon
- ጰP'eጳጉሜ — 13th month
- ጸTs'eጸሐፊ — writer
- ፀTs'e2ፀሐይ — sun
- ፈFeፈረስ — horse
- ፐPeፓፓያ — papaya
- ቨVeቪዲዮ — video
Learn the ሀሁ properly
A chart teaches recognition. Writing teaches reading. Endless HaHu guides children aged 2–8 through tracing every letter, with games and songs — the first five letters are free, no card needed.
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