100 in Ethiopic
The hundred marker stands alone; its leading one is implicit.
LIVING · GROUPS OF 100
Ethiopic
Geʽez numerals
Signs for units and tens combine with markers for one hundred and ten thousand.
Convert numbers- Place
- Ethiopia & Eritrea
- Period / variant
- Historical tradition; continuing use
EXAMPLES
2345 · Groups of 100
(20 + 3) × 100 + 40 + 5; Unicode’s worked example.
Worked example
Write 2345 in Ethiopic
Read left to right. Unit and tens signs add; the hundred and ten-thousand markers multiply the group before them.
Write 20 + 3 = 23 before the hundred marker. The marker multiplies the entire preceding group: (20 + 3) × 100 = 2,300.
Finish with the 40 sign and the 5 sign: 40 + 5 = 45. Add this amount after the multiplied groups.
Check
(20 + 3) × 100 + 40 + 5 = 2,345
Sources and notation notes
Geʽez.org: A look at Ethiopic numerals · Unicode: Ethiopic numbers
Meet the symbols
Each tile shows a sign and what it means. A sign can stand for a whole amount, such as 10 or 100.
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- 100
- 10,000
How the symbols fit together
Think of 2,345 as “23 hundreds, plus 45.” Ethiopic writes how many hundreds there are, then the amount left over.
- Learn the building blocks: there are separate signs for 1–9 and for 10, 20, 30, through 90. The hundred marker ፻ means “multiply the amount before me by 100.”
- Start with 2,345. Set aside the last two digits, 45. The remaining 23 tells you how many hundreds you have: 23 hundreds make 2,300.
- Write 23 with the twenty sign ፳ and the three sign ፫. Together they mean 20 + 3 = 23.
- Put the hundred marker after them: ፳፫፻. It applies to the whole 23, so this group means 23 × 100 = 2,300.
- Write the leftover 45 with the forty sign ፵ and the five sign ፭. These add 40 + 5 = 45.
- Now read the whole numeral ፳፫፻፵፭ as 2,300 + 45 = 2,345.
- For 100, write just ፻: the one before it is understood. The separate marker ፼ means 10,000. There is no zero sign; for 105, write ፻፭, meaning 100 + 5, with nothing for the missing tens.
10000 in Ethiopic
Ten-thousand is a distinct marker, equivalent to hundred × hundred.
2345 in Ethiopic
(20 + 3) × 100 + 40 + 5; Unicode’s worked example.
This converter uses the numeral-only convention, without Amharic words or Geʽez conjunctions. The app supports positive integers through 99,999,999; that limit is not a historical ceiling.
History
The numeral signs form part of the Ethiopic writing tradition. Their barred, letter-like forms are related to Greek and Coptic numeral traditions. They survive alongside familiar decimal digits and have their own rules for composing larger quantities.
How to read it
Think of 2,345 as “23 hundreds, plus 45.” Ethiopic writes how many hundreds there are, then the amount left over.
- Learn the building blocks: there are separate signs for 1–9 and for 10, 20, 30, through 90. The hundred marker ፻ means “multiply the amount before me by 100.”
- Start with 2,345. Set aside the last two digits, 45. The remaining 23 tells you how many hundreds you have: 23 hundreds make 2,300.
- Write 23 with the twenty sign ፳ and the three sign ፫. Together they mean 20 + 3 = 23.
- Put the hundred marker after them: ፳፫፻. It applies to the whole 23, so this group means 23 × 100 = 2,300.
- Write the leftover 45 with the forty sign ፵ and the five sign ፭. These add 40 + 5 = 45.
- Now read the whole numeral ፳፫፻፵፭ as 2,300 + 45 = 2,345.
- For 100, write just ፻: the one before it is understood. The separate marker ፼ means 10,000. There is no zero sign; for 105, write ፻፭, meaning 100 + 5, with nothing for the missing tens.
Limits
This converter uses the numeral-only convention, without Amharic words or Geʽez conjunctions. The app supports positive integers through 99,999,999; that limit is not a historical ceiling.
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