What direction does Greek read?

Greek reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Hebrew read?

Hebrew reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Greek have?

Greek has 518 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Hebrew have?

Hebrew has 134 characters in Unicode.

Greek vs Hebrew

Writing system comparison · ISO Grek vs ISO Hebr

Greek is a Living Left-to-right script from European (518 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Hebrew is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (134 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Greek reads Left-to-right, while Hebrew reads Right-to-left.

Greek

Γεια σου κόσμε

Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

Hebrew

שלום עולם

כתב עברי

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Greek	Hebrew
ISO Code	Grek	Hebr
Direction	Left-to-right	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Living
Region	European	Middle Eastern
Characters	518	134
Languages	5	5
Script Type	Alphabet	Abjad
Descended From	Phoenician	Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers	~13M	~10M
Introduced	800 BCE	900 BCE
Unicode Ranges	U+0370–U+03FF U+1D26–U+1D6A U+1DBF–U+1DBF U+1F00–U+1FFE U+2126–U+2126 U+AB65–U+AB65 U+10140–U+1018E U+101A0–U+101A0 U+1D200–U+1D245	U+0591–U+05F4 U+FB1D–U+FB4F