What direction does Bopomofo read?

Bopomofo reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Bopomofo have?

Bopomofo has 77 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

Bopomofo vs Latin

Writing system comparison · ISO Bopo vs ISO Latn

Bopomofo is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian (77 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Bopomofo

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Latin

Hello World

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Bopomofo	Latin
ISO Code	Bopo	Latn
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	East Asian	European
Characters	77	1,492
Languages	0	515
Script Type	Semisyllabary	Alphabet
Descended From	Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	—	~2.2B
Introduced	—	700 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+02EA–U+02EB U+3105–U+312F U+31A0–U+31BF	U+0041–U+007A U+00AA–U+00F6 U+00F8–U+01BA U+01BB–U+01C3 U+01C4–U+0293 U+0294–U+02AF U+02B0–U+02E4 U+1D00–U+1D77 U+1D79–U+1D9A U+1D9B–U+1DBE U+1E00–U+1EFF U+2071–U+209C U+212A–U+214E U+2160–U+2188 U+2C60–U+2C7F U+A722–U+A7FF U+AB30–U+AB69 U+FB00–U+FB06 U+FF21–U+FF5A U+10780–U+107BA U+1DF00–U+1DF2A