Han (Simplified variant) vs Phags-pa

Writing system comparison · ISO Hans vs ISO Phag

Han (Simplified variant) is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian used by 6 languages. Phags-pa is a Living Top-to-bottom script from Central Asian (56 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Han (Simplified variant) reads Left-to-right, while Phags-pa reads Top-to-bottom.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Han (Simplified variant) Phags-pa
ISO Code Hans Phag
Direction Left-to-right Top-to-bottom
Status Living Living
Region East Asian Central Asian
Characters 56
Languages 6 0
Script Type Logographic Abugida
Descended From Han (Traditional variant) Tibetan
Total Speakers ~1.1B
Introduced 1956 CE
Unicode Ranges
U+A840–U+A877

Used by Both

0 languages
No shared languages

Only in Phags-pa

0 languages
None unique

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