Han (Simplified variant) vs Mongolian

Writing system comparison · ISO Hans vs ISO Mong

Han (Simplified variant) is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian used by 6 languages. Mongolian is a Living Top-to-bottom script from Central Asian (168 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. A key difference is reading direction: Han (Simplified variant) reads Left-to-right, while Mongolian reads Top-to-bottom.

你好世界
简体中文
ᠰᠠᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨᠠ ᠤᠤ
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Han (Simplified variant) Mongolian
ISO Code Hans Mong
Direction Left-to-right Top-to-bottom
Status Living Living
Region East Asian Central Asian
Characters 168
Languages 6 1
Script Type Logographic
Descended From Han (Traditional variant) Old Uyghur
Total Speakers ~1.1B
Introduced 1956 CE 1204 CE
Unicode Ranges
U+1800–U+18AA
U+11660–U+1166C

Used by Both

0 languages
No shared languages

Only in Mongolian

1 language

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