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KOI8-R(7) Linux Programmer's Manual KOI8-R(7)
koi8-r - Russian Net Character Set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
KOI8-R is the character set of choice for encoding Russian texts for many
Unix-like operation systems. KOI8-R is a successor for KOI-8, a de-facto
standard for Internet Mail, News, WWW and other interactive services at least
all over the ex-SU territory.
KOI8-R is defined by RFC 1489 (Registration of a Cyrillic Character Set).
KOI8-R was designed for mixed Russian/English texts and covers only Russian
Cyrillic characters, so if you're looking for Ukrainian, Byelorussian, etc.
Cyrillic characters, try ISO-IR-111, or KOI8-U (Ukrainian Character Set), or
KOI8-C (for ancient Russian texts) instead, which are identical to KOI8-R in
the Russian Cyrillic letters area.
A more complete set of Cyrillic characters is also defined by the ISO-8859-5
character set.
The following table displays the characters in KOI8-R, which are printable and
unlisted in the ascii(7) manual page.
Oct Dec Hex Char Description
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200 128 80 ? FORMS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
201 129 81 ? FORMS LIGHT VERTICAL
202 130 82 ? FORMS LIGHT DOWN AND RIGHT
203 131 83 ? FORMS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT
204 132 84 ? FORMS LIGHT UP AND RIGHT
205 133 85 ? FORMS LIGHT UP AND LEFT
206 134 86 ? FORMS LIGHT VERTICAL AND RIGHT
207 135 87 ? FORMS LIGHT VERTICAL AND LEFT
210 136 88 ? FORMS LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
211 137 89 ? FORMS LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL
212 138 8A ? FORMS LIGHT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
213 139 8B ? UPPER HALF BLOCK
214 140 8C ? LOWER HALF BLOCK
215 141 8D ? FULL BLOCK
216 142 8E ? LEFT HALF BLOCK
217 143 8F ? RIGHT HALF BLOCK
220 144 90 ? LIGHT SHADE
221 145 91 ? MEDIUM SHADE
222 146 92 ? DARK SHADE
223 147 93 ? TOP HALF INTEGRAL
224 148 94 ? BLACK SMALL SQUARE
225 149 95 ? BULLET OPERATOR
226 150 96 ? SQUARE ROOT
227 151 97 ? ALMOST EQUAL TO
230 152 98 ? LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO
231 153 99 ? GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO
232 154 9A ? NON-BREAKING SPACE
233 155 9B ? BOTTOM HALF INTEGRAL
234 156 9C ? DEGREE SIGN
235 157 9D ? SUPERSCRIPT DIGIT TWO
236 158 9E ? MIDDLE DOT
237 159 9F ? DIVISION SIGN
240 160 A0 FORMS DOUBLE HORIZONTAL
241 161 A1 ? FORMS DOUBLE VERTICAL
242 162 A2 ? FORMS DOWN SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
243 163 A3 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IO
244 164 A4 ? FORMS DOWN DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
245 165 A5 ? FORMS DOUBLE DOWN AND RIGHT
246 166 A6 ? FORMS DOWN SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
247 167 A7 ? FORMS DOWN DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
250 168 A8 ? FORMS DOUBLE DOWN AND LEFT
251 169 A9 (C) FORMS UP SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
252 170 AA ? FORMS UP DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
253 171 AB << FORMS DOUBLE UP AND RIGHT
254 172 AC ? FORMS UP SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
255 173 AD - FORMS UP DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
256 174 AE (R) FORMS DOUBLE UP AND LEFT
257 175 AF ? FORMS VERTICAL SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
260 176 B0 ? FORMS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
261 177 B1 ? FORMS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND RIGHT
262 178 B2 ? FORMS VERTICAL SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
263 179 B3 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IO
264 180 B4 ? FORMS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
265 181 B5 u FORMS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND LEFT
266 182 B6 ? FORMS DOWN SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
267 183 B7 ? FORMS DOWN DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
270 184 B8 , FORMS DOUBLE DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
271 185 B9 ? FORMS UP SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
272 186 BA ? FORMS UP DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
273 187 BB >> FORMS DOUBLE UP AND HORIZONTAL
274 188 BC 1/4 FORMS VERTICAL SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
275 189 BD 1/2 FORMS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
276 190 BE 3/4 FORMS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
277 191 BF ? COPYRIGHT SIGN
300 192 C0 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IU
301 193 C1 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A
302 194 C2 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BE
303 195 C3 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TSE
304 196 C4 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DE
305 197 C5 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IE
306 198 C6 AE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EF
307 199 C7 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GE
310 200 C8 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KHA
311 201 C9 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER II
312 202 CA ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHORT II
313 203 CB ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KA
314 204 CC ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL
315 205 CD ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EM
316 206 CE ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EN
317 207 CF ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER O
320 208 D0 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER PE
321 209 D1 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IA
322 210 D2 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ER
323 211 D3 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ES
324 212 D4 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TE
325 213 D5 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U
326 214 D6 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZHE
327 215 D7 x CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER VE
330 216 D8 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SOFT SIGN
331 217 D9 ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YERI
332 218 DA ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZE
333 219 DB ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHA
334 220 DC ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER REVERSED E
335 221 DD ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHCHA
336 222 DE ? CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE
337 223 DF ss CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER HARD SIGN
340 224 E0 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IU
341 225 E1 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER A
342 226 E2 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER BE
343 227 E3 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TSE
344 228 E4 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DE
345 229 E5 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IE
346 230 E6 ae CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EF
347 231 E7 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GE
350 232 E8 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KHA
351 233 E9 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER II
352 234 EA ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHORT II
353 235 EB ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KA
354 236 EC ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL
355 237 ED ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EM
356 238 EE ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EN
357 239 EF ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER O
360 240 F0 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER PE
361 241 F1 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IA
362 242 F2 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ER
363 243 F3 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ES
364 244 F4 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TE
365 245 F5 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U
366 246 F6 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE
367 247 F7 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER VE
370 248 F8 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SOFT SIGN
371 249 F9 ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YERI
372 250 FA ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZE
373 251 FB ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA
374 252 FC ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED E
375 253 FD ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHCHA
376 254 FE ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE
377 255 FF ? CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HARD SIGN
ascii(7), iso-8859-7(7), koi8-u(7), RFC 1489, http://koi8.pp.ru/
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Linux 2009-02-04 KOI8-R(7)