Gurmukhi vs Han (Simplified variant)
Writing system comparison · ISO Guru vs ISO Hans
Gurmukhi is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (80 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Han (Simplified variant) is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian used by 6 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Gurmukhi | Han (Simplified variant) |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Guru | Hans |
| Direction | Left-to-right | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | South Asian | East Asian |
| Characters | 80 | — |
| Languages | 1 | 6 |
| Script Type | Abugida | Logographic |
| Descended From | Brahmi | Han (Traditional variant) |
| Total Speakers | ~65M | ~1.1B |
| Introduced | 1539 CE | 1956 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+0A01–U+0A76
|
Only in Gurmukhi
1 language
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
Only in Han (Simplified variant)
6 languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.