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∟GB2312 Character Set and Encoding

This chapter provides notes and tutorial examples on GB2312 character set and encoding. Topics including introduction of the GB2312 character set for simplified Chinese characters; GB2312 encoding for the GB2312 character set; Relation of GB2312 and Unicode.

GB2312 Character Set for Chinese Characters

GB2312 Encoding for GB2312 Character Set

Relation of GB2312 and Unicode

Conclusions:

• GB2312 character set contains 7445 simplified Chinese characters, numbers and symbols.
• GB2312 character set arranges characters into a matrix of 94 rows and 94 columns.
• GB2312 encoding uses 2 bytes: the high byte is the row number plus 158 and the low byte is the column number plus 158.
• GB2312 character set is a sub set of Unicode character set.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Character Sets and Encodings

 ASCII Character Set and Encoding

►GB2312 Character Set and Encoding

 GB18030 Character Set and Encoding

 JIS X0208 Character Set and Encodings

 Unicode Character Set

 UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format - 8-Bit)

 UTF-16, UTF-16BE and UTF-16LE Encodings

 UTF-32, UTF-32BE and UTF-32LE Encodings

 Python Language and Unicode Characters

 Java Language and Unicode Characters

 Character Encoding in Java

 Character Set Encoding Maps

 Encoding Conversion Programs for Encoded Text Files

 Using Notepad as a Unicode Text Editor

 Using Microsoft Word as a Unicode Text Editor

 Using Microsoft Excel as a Unicode Text Editor

 Unicode Fonts

 Archived Tutorials

 References

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB

GB2312 Character Set and Encoding - Updated in 2024, by Herong Yang