gb2312(5)

NAME

gb2312 - GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text

SYNOPSIS

ENCODING "GB2312"

DESCRIPTION

The GB2312 encoding implements GB 2312-1980, a PRC national

standard for
the encoding of simplified Chinese characters.

Multibyte characters in the GB2312 encoding can be one byte

or two bytes
long. GB 11383-1981 (ASCII) characters are represented by

single bytes
in the range 0x00 to 0x7F. Simplified Chinese characters

are represented
by two bytes, both in the range 0xA1-0xFE.

SEE ALSO

euc(5), gb18030(5), gbk(5)

STANDARDS

The GB2312 encoding is believed to be compatible with GB

2312-1980. This
standard has been superseded by GB 18030-2000, but is still

in wide use.

BSD November 7, 2003

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