What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) have?

Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) has character count data not available.

Arabic vs Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana)

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Jpan

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

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana)

こんにちは世界

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana)
ISO Code	Arab	Jpan
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	Middle Eastern	East Asian
Characters	1,413	—
Languages	60	1
Script Type	Abjad	Mixed Script
Descended From	Nabataean	—
Total Speakers	~291M	~125M
Introduced	400 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