Han (Simplified variant) vs Samaritan

Writing system comparison · ISO Hans vs ISO Samr

Han (Simplified variant) is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian used by 6 languages. Samaritan is a Living Left-to-right script (61 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Han (Simplified variant) Samaritan
ISO Code Hans Samr
Direction Left-to-right Left-to-right
Status Living Living
Region East Asian
Characters 61
Languages 6 1
Script Type Logographic Abjad
Descended From Han (Traditional variant) Phoenician
Total Speakers ~1.1B
Introduced 1956 CE
Unicode Ranges
U+0800–U+083E

Used by Both

0 languages
No shared languages

Only in Samaritan

1 language

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