Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)

ISO 15924: HaniLogographic42 total languages
Also known as: Hanzi, Kanji, HanjaIANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

人人生而自由，在尊嚴和權利上一律平等。他們賦有理性和良心，並應以兄弟關係的精神互相對待

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Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
East Asian vertical
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt + app-maintained overrides
Han characters may be used in East Asian vertical text traditions.
Script Properties
Family
East Asian / Han
Geographic origin
East Asia
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
hani
Chinese characters (Hanzi/Kanji/Hanja), the world's oldest continuously used writing system (c. 1250 BCE, Oracle Bone script). Used in Chinese, Japanese (with kana), and historically in Korean and Vietnamese.

Related Scripts

HiraHiraganaKanaKatakanaBopoBopomofoTangTangutKitsKhitan small script

Unicode Blocks

CJK Radicals SupplementU+2E80Kangxi RadicalsU+2F00CJK Symbols and PunctuationU+3000CJK StrokesU+31C0CJK Unified Ideographs Extension AU+3400CJK Unified IdeographsU+4E00CJK Compatibility IdeographsU+F900CJK Unified Ideographs Extension BU+20000CJK Unified Ideographs Extension CU+2A700CJK Unified Ideographs Extension DU+2B740CJK Unified Ideographs Extension EU+2B820CJK Unified Ideographs Extension FU+2CEB0CJK Unified Ideographs Extension GU+30000CJK Unified Ideographs Extension HU+31350

14 Unicode blocks contain Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
31

Central Bai
bca
Southern Bai
bfs
Mandarin Chinese
cmn
Hakka Chinese
hak
Honi
how
Japanese
jpn
Korean
kor
Literary Chinese
lzh
Min Nan Chinese
nan
Old Korean (3rd-9th cent.)
oko
Bouyei
pcc
Sui
swi
Wu Chinese
wuu
Yue Chinese
yue
Central Hongshuihe Zhuang
zch
Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang
zeh
Guibei Zhuang
zgb
Minz Zhuang
zgm
Guibian Zhuang
zgn
Zhuang
zha
Dai Zhuang
zhd
Nong Zhuang
zhn
Chinese
zho
Liujiang Zhuang
zlj
Lianshan Zhuang
zln
Liuqian Zhuang
zlq
Qiubei Zhuang
zqe
Yang Zhuang
zyg
Youjiang Zhuang
zyj
Yongnan Zhuang
zyn
Zuojiang Zhuang
zzj

Single-source attestation (AUX)
11

Pu-Xian Chinese
cpxSingle source
Iu Mien
iumSingle source
Southern Dong
kmcSingle source
Nung (Viet Nam)
nutSingle source
Parauk
prkSingle source
Puyuma
pyuSingle source
Central Okinawan
ryuSingle source
Salar
slrSingle source
Tày
tyzSingle source
Vietnamese
vieSingle source
Wa
wbmSingle source