What direction does Hebrew read?

Hebrew reads Right-to-left (RTL).

What direction does Syriac read?

Syriac reads Right-to-left (RTL).

How many characters does Hebrew have?

Hebrew has 134 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Syriac have?

Syriac has 88 characters in Unicode.

Hebrew vs Syriac

Writing system comparison · ISO Hebr vs ISO Syrc

Hebrew is a Living Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (134 Unicode characters) used by 5 languages. Syriac is a Liturgical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (88 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Right-to-left.

Hebrew

שלום עולם

כתב עברי

Syriac

ܫܠܡܐ

ܐܠܦܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Hebrew	Syriac
ISO Code	Hebr	Syrc
Direction	Right-to-left	Right-to-left
Status	Living	Liturgical
Region	Middle Eastern	Middle Eastern
Characters	134	88
Languages	5	1
Script Type	Abjad	Abjad
Descended From	Imperial Aramaic	Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers	~10M	—
Introduced	900 BCE	200 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+0591–U+05F4 U+FB1D–U+FB4F	U+0700–U+074F U+0860–U+086A

Only in Hebrew

5 languages

Hebrew Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Persian Ladino Yiddish

Used by Both

0 languages

No shared languages

Only in Syriac

1 language