What direction does Hebrew read?

Hebrew reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Phoenician read?

Phoenician reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Hebrew have?

Hebrew has 134 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Phoenician have?

Phoenician has 29 characters in Unicode.

Hebrew vs Phoenician

Writing system comparison · ISO Hebr vs ISO Phnx

Hebrew is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (134 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Phoenician is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (29 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Hebrew

שלום עולם

כתב עברי

Phoenician

𐤀𐤁𐤂

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Hebrew	Phoenician
ISO Code	Hebr	Phnx
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Historical
Region	Middle Eastern	Middle Eastern
Characters	134	29
Languages	5	1
Script Type	Abjad	Abjad
Descended From	Imperial Aramaic	—
Total Speakers	~10M	—
Introduced	900 BCE	1050 BCE
Unicode Ranges	U+0591–U+05F4 U+FB1D–U+FB4F	U+10900–U+1091F

Only in Hebrew

5 languages

Hebrew Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Persian Ladino Yiddish

Used by Both

0 languages

No shared languages

Only in Phoenician

1 language