What direction does Arabic read?

Arabic reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Kharoshthi read?

Kharoshthi reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Arabic have?

Arabic has 1,413 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Kharoshthi have?

Kharoshthi has 68 characters in Unicode.

Arabic vs Kharoshthi

Writing system comparison · ISO Arab vs ISO Khar

Arabic is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (1,413 Unicode characters) used by 60 languages. Kharoshthi is a Historical Left-to-right script from South Asian (68 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Arabic reads Right-to-left, while Kharoshthi reads Left-to-right.

Arabic

مرحبا بالعالم

العربية

Kharoshthi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Arabic	Kharoshthi
ISO Code	Arab	Khar
Direction	Right-to-left	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	South Asian
Characters	1,413	68
Languages	60	0
Script Type	Abjad	Abugida
Descended From	Nabataean	Brahmi
Total Speakers	~291M	—
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	U+10A00–U+10A58