This is a list of notable CJK fonts (computer fonts with a large range of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters). These fonts are primarily sorted by their typeface, the main classes being "with serif", "without serif" and "script". This article names the two first classes Ming and sans-serif (gothic) while further dividing the "script" into several Chinese script styles.
The fonts are then sorted by their target writing system:A font targeted to a writing system usually still contains glyphs in the other writing systems. Chinese: Chinese character. (May also support bopomofo.)This can be subdivided into the following classification: Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese (General, using printing standard or jiu zixing, ) Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, using Standard Form of National Characters by the Ministry of Education, ) Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, using the List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters by the Ministry of Education, ) The following localization table shortens Simplified Chinese to SC and Traditional Chinese to TC. Japanese: kanji, hiragana and katakana Korean: Hangul, hanja, etc. Vietnamese: for the Nôm script formerly used Zhuang: for Sawndip Pan-Unicode: intended to globally support the majority of Unicode's characters, and not specifically designed for one or a few writing systems (note that Pan-Unicode font ≠ Unicode fontIf a Unicode font (font containing a wide range of Unicode's characters) is targeted to one or a few writing systems, it will not be listed as a "pan-Unicode font" (font intended to globally support a wide range of Unicode's characters)) Pan-CJK: intended to support the majority of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters, and not specifically designed for any one of these writing systems
Legends [F] means the font is free and open-source software (FOSS). [F] means it was formerly seen as FOSS but has been involved in a legal controversy. [FP] means the font is free for personal use, but for commercial use, it requires a paid commercial license. [P] means that the font is not free and requires a paid license for personal and commercial uses.
Ming (Song)
Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK +NameLocalisationEditor/CreatorLicensingCommentsBitstream CyberbitPan-UnicodeBitstream Inc.[FP]TPTQ Serif CJKPan-CJKTypothequePan-CJKKamichi Koichi and contributorsHanaMinA (Japanese: ) for BMP and HanaMinB () for SIP – covers all CJK, CJK Compatibility, CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A, B, C, D, E, and F. This font has issues in LaTeX.If rotated with \setCJKmainfont[Vertical=RotatedGlyphs]{HANAMINA.TTF, as required for traditional writing: some characters aren't displayed after rotating, while they work without rotation. It has not been updated since 2017 and has been succeeded by Jigmo.JigmoPan-CJKKamichi Koichi and GlyphWiki contributorsJigmo, Jigmo2, and Jigmo3. Version 20250912 offers complete coverage of all Unicode CJK characters up to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J introduced in 2025 with Unicode version 17.0.More information on this and related font packages is available at the download page at https://kamichikoichi.github.io/jigmo/.Pan-CJKAdobe and GoogleSIL Open Font License v.1.1 in April 2017.TH-TshynPan-UnicodeSim CheonHyeongTH-Tshyn-P0, TH-Tshyn-P1, TH-Tshyn-P2 and TH-Tshyn-P16. Version 4.1.0 offers complete coverage of all Unicode CJK characters up to CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I introduced in 2023 with Unicode version 15.1.More information on this and related font packages is available at the download page at http://cheonhyeong.com/Simplified/download.html. DFPMingLight-UN Pan-Unicode DynaComware
Chinese
+NameLocalisationEditor/CreatorLicensingCommentsBabelStone HanSCAndrew WestDLCMingMedium DLCMingBoldTCMicrosoftMingLiUTC (Taiwan)MicrosoftDefault interface typeface for Windows 3.0 to Windows XP.PMingLiUTC (Taiwan)MicrosoftDistributed starting from Windows 95.MingLiU_HKSCS MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtBTC (Hong Kong)LiSong Pro Light ProTC (Hong Kong)Apple LiSung LightTC (Hong Kong)I.MingTC (General)Derived from IPAex Minchō font, available at Keshilu blog () and GitHub.ichitenfont/I.Ming: I.Ming ( I.明體 / 一點明朝體 / 一點明體 )MS SongMSSCMicrosoft SimSun, SCDefault interface typeface for Windows 3.1x to Windows XP, distributed starting from Windows 3.1x. Monospaced Latin characters. Unlike NSimSun (below), this is not labelled monospaced in the and table.NSimSunSCMonospaced Latin characters.SimSun-18030-18030 NSimSun-18030-18030SCSimsun (Founder Extended)SCSimSun-ExtB or Sun-ExtB-ExtBSCSimSun-ExtG-ExtGSCDistributed with Windows 11 2023 Update and 2024 Update.SongSCSTSongSCSinoType Technology ()STZhongsongSCMicrosoftTW-Sung, TW-Sung-Ext-B, TW-Sung-PlusTC (Taiwan)Ministry of Education, Taiwan ()WenQuanYi Bitmap SongSCRaster typeface.KingHwa OldSongSC, TCTerri Wong ()FangZheng ShuSongSC, TCFounderTypeFangZheng PingXian YaSongSC rowspan="19" FangZheng BoYaSongSC, TCFangZheng LanTingSongSCFangZheng YaSong familySC, TCFangZheng YouSong familySCFangZheng XiaoBiaoSongSC, TCFangZheng DaBiaoSongSC, TCFangZheng GuiFan ShuSongSCFangZheng LanTing KanSongSCFangZheng BaoSongSCFangZheng BoYa FangKanSongSCFangZheng BoYa KanSongSCFangZheng XinShuSongSC, TCFangZheng SongYiSC, TCFangZheng XinBaoSongSCFangZheng SongSanSCHanyi ShuSongErSCHanyi ZhongSongSCHanyi XuanSongSCWenJinMinchoSCtakushun-wu
Japanese
+ NameEditor/CreatorLicensingCommentsIPAex MinchōInnovation Platform Agency, Japan rowspan="2" Part of IPA font series. IPAmj MinchōPart of IPA font series, includes many characters for names. Released from here. MS MinchoMicrosoftMS PMinchoKochi MinchoHiragino Minchō Pro W3, Hiragino Minchō Pro W6Pro W3, Pro W6SCREEN Graphic Solutions rowspan="4" Included in Mac OS X/macOS.Heisei MinchōAdobe (distributor, original by JSA)RyūMin (Ryūbundō Minchō)Morisawa Inc.Kozuka MinchōAdobeSazanami MinchoAuthor page (in Japanese), deprecated ttf-sazanami-mincho Debian package Electronic Font Open Laboratory (efont)[F] Modified BSD LicenseYuMinchoJiyu-Kobo () rowspan="2" BunyuMin
Korean +English nameEditor/CreatorLicensingCommentsBatangDistributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system.BatangCheDistributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. Monospace font.GungsuhDistributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system.GungsuhCheDistributed by Microsoft with its Windows operating system. Monospace font.AppleMyungjoDefault Korean font on Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X, and iOS. Fully supports Unicode from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.UnBatang, UnGungsuh, Included in most Linux distributions.Baekmuk BatangKim Jeong-hwan ()Distributed on most Linux distributions.Seoul HangangDistributed by Seoul Metropolitan Government as its official Ming typeface. Special font for vertical writing included.Nanum MyeongjoNaverOne of Nanum-series fonts, distributed by Naver.Hamchorom BatangHancomDeveloped by Hancom, supporting Unicode from 1.0 to 5.0 and Hangul Jamo Extended A/B.Jieubsida BatangKorean-language, Ming style offshoot of the Tsukurimashou meta-family, built using METAFONT. License: GPL.
Vietnamese
+NameEditor/CreatorLicensingCommentsNôm Na Tống 5.040 5.040Created by the Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation. It is based on characters found in Thiền Tông Bản Hạnh (The Origin of Buddhist Meditation, 1933) by Thích Thanh Từ. "Quy trình Nôm Na: Giúp đọc Nôm và Hán Việt và chữ Nôm trên mạng ", Tạp chí Nghiên cứu và Thảo luận, 5 July 2005.Han Nom Font SetHan-Nom Minh 1.43 1.43UBPSHNVNHan-Nom Ming 1.10 1.10Minh Nguyen 1.10 1.10
Zhuang +NameEditor/CreatorLicensingCommentsSawndip
Sans-serif
Pan-Unicode/Pan-CJK
NameLocalisationEditor/CreatorLicensingCommentsArial Unicode MSPan-Unicode[FP] BundledTPTQ Sans CJKPan-CJKTypothequeTDC winner 2023. Used in Ford vehicles in HMI consoles.Pan-Unicode (SC style)Ascender Corporation for Google's AndroidWas the default system font for Android below version 4.4.2. Replaced by Source Han Sans.Pan-CJKAdobe, Google, SinoType, Iwata Corporation, Sandoll Communication.License: Apache License 2 on July 15, 2014. Since September 29, 2015, all Noto fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License rather than the Apache licence.LINE Seed SansTC (Taiwan), JP, KRLY CorporationReleased in 2021.
Chinese
NameLocalisationEditor/CreatorLicensingFormatCommentsWenQuanYi Zen HeiSCOver 36,000 glyphs in total, among which 20,300 are Chinese characters.WenQuanYi Micro HeiSCBased on Droid Sans Fallback. SC, PingFang TC, PingFang HKSC, TC (Taiwan), TC (Hong Kong)System font for Apple MacOS system.Heiti SC, Heiti TCSC, TC (Taiwan)SinoTypeWas system font for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.Hiragino Sans GBSCSTHeitiSCSinoTypeWas system font for OS X 10.2 Jaguar to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.STHeiti Light/[STXihei]SCA thinner version of STHeiti Regular.LiHei Pro MediumTC (Taiwan)Apple LiGothic MediumTC (Taiwan)Microsoft JhengHeiTC (Taiwan)China Type Design LimitedDefault Windows system font since Windows Vista.Microsoft YaHeiSCFounder TypeDefault Windows system font since Windows Vista. (Based on FangZheng LanTing Hei)MS HeiSCMHeiTC (Hong Kong)Owned by MonotypeSimHei or SCDengXianSCHarmonyOS Sans SC, HarmonyOS Sans TC, SC, TCHuawei & Hanyi FontsVariable fontSC supports 27,930 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,078 characters. Download: official siteMiSans VF, Misans TC VFSC, TCXiaomi & Hanyi FontsVariable fontSC supports 27,780 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,078 characters. Download: official siteMiSans L3SCSingle weight (Regular)Supports 60,338 characters (GB18030-2022 L3). Download: official siteOPPO Sans 4.0 SC, OPPO Sans 4.0 TCSC, TCOppo & Hanyi FontsVariable fontVersion 4.0. SC supports 27,772 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,078 characters. Associated "Hanyi ZhongHei L3" for L3 support. Download: official sitevivo Sans SC VF, vivo Sans TW VF(vivo Sans TC VF)SC, TCFounderTypeVariable fontSC supports 27,831 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,070 characters. Download: official sitevivo Sans SC L3SCSingle weight (Regular)Supports 60,338 characters (GB18030-2022 L3).HONOR Sans Design (HONOR Sans VF CN), HONOR Sans VF TCSC, TCVariable fontSC supports 27,781 characters (GB18030-2022 L1+L2), TC supports 13,078 characters.Download: official siteFangZheng LanTing Hei (FZLTH)SC, TC rowspan="4" Released 2006. Early screen-focused family. Basis for Microsoft YaHei. Supports GB2312, GBK, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2 & L3.FangZheng YouHei (FZYouH)SCReleased 2014. FounderType's 2nd gen screen font. Supports GB2312, GBK, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2.FangZheng LanTing Hei Pro (FZLTHPro)ProSCReleased 2017. Optimized LanTing Hei for portable HD screens. Supports GB2312, GBK, GB18030-2000, GB18030-2022 L2.FangZheng YueJia Hei (FZYJH)SCReleased 2024. New generation screen font. Supports GB2312, GBK, GB18030-2022 L2.Hanyi QiHei (HYQiHei)SCHanyi Fonts ()Released 2013. Modern reading efficiency with traditional calligraphic charm. Conforms to GB18030-2022 L1+L2.M XiangHe HeiSC, TCMonotypeReleased 2020. Merges traditional brush strokes (Kaishu style) with modern letterforms. Conforms to GB18030-2022 L1+L2.PlangothicSCFitzgerald-Porthmouth-KoenigseggBased on Source Han Sans. Fills CJK Extension B to J characters. Contains ~77,000 Hanzi glyphs. Download: project pageAlibaba PuHuiTiSC, TC, HKAlibaba GroupVersion 3.0 was released in 2023. Fully supports GB18030-2022 standards. Level 1 & 2 supported in 7 weights; Level 3 supported in Regular. Download: official siteGWM SansSCGWM, MonotypeFont intended for use on in-vehicle car displays. Supports GB18030-2022 L2. Download: official site
Japanese