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Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts

Many East Asian scripts can be written horizontally or vertically. Chinese characters, Korean hangul, and Japanese kana may be oriented along either axis, as they consist mainly of disconnected logographic or syllabic units, each occupying a square block of space, thus allowing for flexibility for which direction texts can be written, be it horizontally…

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Hangul
횡서 · 가로쓰기
Hanja
橫書
Hanyu Pinyin
héngpái
Hiragana
よこがき · よこぐみ
Hokkien POJ
hêng-pâi
Hán-Nôm
曰昂

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Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts

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Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts

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Transcriptions · 6
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → garosseugi, karossŭki, TranscriptionsSASM/GNCbosug-a bicig, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinhéngpáiWade–Gileshêng2 pʻai2HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳvàng-phàiYue: CantoneseJyutpingwaang4 paai4Southern MinHokkien POJhêng-pâi, yokogaki, yokogumi
Hangul · 2
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → 가로쓰기, 횡서
Hiragana · 2
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → よこがき, よこぐみ
Kanji · 2
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → 横書き, 横組み
Revised Romanization · 2
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → garosseugi, karossŭki
Romanization · 2
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → yokogaki, yokogumi
Hanja · 1
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → 橫書
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → héngpái
Hokkien POJ · 1
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → hêng-pâi
Hán-Nôm · 1
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts → 曰昂

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vertical writing horizontal text written japanese chinese vertically right used left horizontally korean characters also direction use manga vietnamese right-to-left

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Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsHangul횡서1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsHangul가로쓰기1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsHanja橫書1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsHanyu Pinyinhéngpái1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsHiraganaよこがき1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsHiraganaよこぐみ1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsHokkien POJhêng-pâi1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsHán-Nôm曰昂1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsJyutpingwaang4 paai41.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsKanji横書き1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsKanji横組み1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsMongolian Cyrillicбосоо бичиг1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsMongolian script.mw-parser-output .font-mong{font-family:"Menk Hawang Tig","Menk Qagan Tig","Menk Garqag Tig","Menk Har_a Tig","Menk Scnin Tig","Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig","Oyun Qagan Tig","Oyun Gar…1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsPha̍k-fa-sṳvàng-phài1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsRevised Romanizationgarosseugi1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsRevised Romanizationkarossŭki1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsRomanizationyokogaki1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsRomanizationyokogumi1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsSASM/GNCbosug-a bicig1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsSimplified Chinese横排1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsTraditional Chinese橫排1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinhéngpáiWade–Gileshêng2 pʻai2HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳvàng-phàiYue: CantoneseJyutpingwaang4 paai4Southern MinHokkien POJhêng-pâi1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsTranscriptionsgarosseugi1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsTranscriptionskarossŭki1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsSASM/GNCbosug-a bicig1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsTranscriptionsyokogaki1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsTranscriptionsyokogumi1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsVietnamese alphabetviết ngang1.00infobox
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scriptsWade–Gileshêng2 pʻai21.00infobox

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