Numbers calculated in Python using the recently publish [Unicode 17.0 draft](https://www.unicode.org/Public/draft/ucd/) (specifically UnicodeData.txt, Scripts.txt, Blocks.txt and emoji/emoji-data.txt). Visualised using Google Sheets and GIMP.
uniyk on
China has more population even in computer codes.
quintk on
Great, now the fascists will find out about this and ban Unicode. /s
klime02 on
Great visualization and data. I had no idea that latin script was such a tiny part of unicode
SadButWithCats on
What about Cyrillic and related alphabets? Hebrew, Arabic, and other related abjads? Are they not in unicode?
LineOfInquiry on
Honestly we should just get rid of logographic writing systems entirely, they’re just inefficient and hard to learn and use for no reason at all. Hangul has the right idea, giving you information on how a word is pronounced should be how a writing system works.
yvrelna on
The proportion of the frequency characters that are actually used would probably be roughly the opposite.
kyeblue on
emoji is the biggest Japanese contribution to human communication
Stahlwisser on
Who wrote that text? Theres so many typos and spelling errors in the first few sentences already
![Proportion of Unicode characters originating in China, Japan and Korea [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/u3o47opoqp3f1-787x1024.png "Proportion of Unicode characters originating in China, Japan and Korea [OC]")
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Numbers calculated in Python using the recently publish [Unicode 17.0 draft](https://www.unicode.org/Public/draft/ucd/) (specifically UnicodeData.txt, Scripts.txt, Blocks.txt and emoji/emoji-data.txt). Visualised using Google Sheets and GIMP.
China has more population even in computer codes.
Great, now the fascists will find out about this and ban Unicode. /s
Great visualization and data. I had no idea that latin script was such a tiny part of unicode
What about Cyrillic and related alphabets? Hebrew, Arabic, and other related abjads? Are they not in unicode?
Honestly we should just get rid of logographic writing systems entirely, they’re just inefficient and hard to learn and use for no reason at all. Hangul has the right idea, giving you information on how a word is pronounced should be how a writing system works.
The proportion of the frequency characters that are actually used would probably be roughly the opposite.
emoji is the biggest Japanese contribution to human communication
Who wrote that text? Theres so many typos and spelling errors in the first few sentences already