Han (Simplified variant) vs Hatran

Writing system comparison · ISO Hans vs ISO Hatr

Han (Simplified variant) is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian used by 6 languages. Hatran is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (26 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Han (Simplified variant) reads Left-to-right, while Hatran reads Right-to-left.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Han (Simplified variant) Hatran
ISO Code Hans Hatr
Direction Left-to-right Right-to-left
Status Living Historical
Region East Asian Middle Eastern
Characters 26
Languages 6 0
Script Type Logographic Abjad
Descended From Han (Traditional variant) Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers ~1.1B
Introduced 1956 CE
Unicode Ranges
U+108E0–U+108FF

Used by Both

0 languages
No shared languages

Only in Hatran

0 languages
None unique

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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.