What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Hiragana read?

Hiragana reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Hiragana have?

Hiragana has 381 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Hiragana

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Hira

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Hiragana is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian (381 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Hiragana reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Hiragana

こんにちは

ひらがな

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Hiragana
ISO Code	Arab	Hira
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	East Asian
Characters	1,413	381
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Syllabary
Descended From	Nabataean	Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)
Total Speakers	~291M	—
Introduced	400 CE	900 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+0600–U+06FF U+0750–U+077F U+0870–U+089F U+08A0–U+08FF U+FB50–U+FDFF U+FE70–U+FEFC U+10E60–U+10E7E U+10EC2–U+10EFF U+1EE00–U+1EEF1	U+3041–U+309F U+1B001–U+1B11F U+1B132–U+1B152 U+1F200–U+1F200