Han (Simplified variant) vs Linear B

Writing system comparison · ISO Hans vs ISO Linb

Han (Simplified variant) is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian used by 6 languages. Linear B is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (211 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

你好世界
简体中文
𐀀𐀁𐀂

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Han (Simplified variant) Linear B
ISO Code Hans Linb
Direction Left-to-right Left-to-right
Status Living Historical
Region East Asian European
Characters 211
Languages 6 1
Script Type Logographic Syllabary
Descended From Han (Traditional variant)
Total Speakers ~1.1B
Introduced 1956 CE 1400 BCE
Unicode Ranges
U+10000–U+1005D
U+10080–U+100FA

Used by Both

0 languages
No shared languages

Only in Linear B

1 language

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