What direction does Cyrillic read?

Cyrillic reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Phags-pa read?

Phags-pa reads Top-to-bottom (TTB).

How many characters does Cyrillic have?

Cyrillic has 508 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Phags-pa have?

Phags-pa has 56 characters in Unicode.

Cyrillic vs Phags-pa

Writing system comparison · ISO Cyrl vs ISO Phag

Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. Phags-pa is a Living Top-to-bottom script from Central Asian (56 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Cyrillic reads Left-to-right, while Phags-pa reads Top-to-bottom.

Cyrillic

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Cyrillic	Phags-pa
ISO Code	Cyrl	Phag
Direction	Left-to-right	Top-to-bottom
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	Central Asian
Characters	508	56
Languages	61	0
Script Type	Alphabet	Abugida
Descended From	Greek	Tibetan
Total Speakers	~285.5M	—
Introduced	940 CE	—
Unicode Ranges	U+0400–U+0489 U+048A–U+052F U+1C80–U+1C8A U+1D2B–U+1D78 U+2DE0–U+2DFF U+A640–U+A69F U+FE2E–U+FE2F U+1E030–U+1E08F	U+A840–U+A877