What direction does Katakana read?

Katakana reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Latin read?

Latin reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Katakana have?

Katakana has 321 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Latin have?

Latin has 1,492 characters in Unicode.

Katakana vs Latin

Writing system comparison · ISO Kana vs ISO Latn

Katakana is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian (321 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Latin is a Living Left-to-right script from European (1,492 Unicode characters) used by 515 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Katakana

コンニチハ

カタカナ

Latin

Hello World

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Katakana	Latin
ISO Code	Kana	Latn
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	East Asian	European
Characters	321	1,492
Languages	1	515
Script Type	Syllabary	Alphabet
Descended From	Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)	Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Total Speakers	—	~2.2B
Introduced	900 CE	700 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+30A1–U+30FF U+31F0–U+31FF U+32D0–U+32FE U+3300–U+3357 U+FF66–U+FF9D U+1AFF0–U+1AFFE U+1B000–U+1B000 U+1B120–U+1B122 U+1B155–U+1B167	U+0041–U+007A U+00AA–U+00F6 U+00F8–U+01BA U+01BB–U+01C3 U+01C4–U+0293 U+0294–U+02AF U+02B0–U+02E4 U+1D00–U+1D77 U+1D79–U+1D9A U+1D9B–U+1DBE U+1E00–U+1EFF U+2071–U+209C U+212A–U+214E U+2160–U+2188 U+2C60–U+2C7F U+A722–U+A7FF U+AB30–U+AB69 U+FB00–U+FB06 U+FF21–U+FF5A U+10780–U+107BA U+1DF00–U+1DF2A