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Windows codepages

The list below provides links to graphical representations, and textual listings, of each of the Windows codepages.

SBCS (single byte character set) codepages

• 1250 (Central Europe)
• 1251 (Cyrillic)
• 1252 (Latin I)
• 1253 (Greek)
• 1254 (Turkish)
• 1255 (Hebrew)
• 1256 (Arabic)
• 1257 (Baltic)
• 1258 (Viet Nam)
• 874 (Thai)

DBCS (double byte character set) codepages

In these graphical representations, leadbytes are indicated by light gray background shading. Each of these leadbytes hyperlinks to a new page showing the 256 character block associated with that leadbyte. Unused leadbytes are identified by a darker gray background.

• 932 (Japanese Shift-JIS)
• 936 (Simplified Chinese GBK)
• 949 (Korean)
• 950 (Traditional Chinese Big5)

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