KOI8-R(7) Linux Programmer's Manual KOI8-R(7)NAMEkoi8-r - Russian Net Character Set encoded in octal, decimal, and
hexadecimal
DESCRIPTION
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).
NOTES
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.
KOI8-R Characters
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 � 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 � 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 � 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 � FORMS VERTICAL SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
275 189 BD � FORMS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
276 190 BE � 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 � 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 � 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 � 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 � 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
SEE ALSOascii(7), iso-8859-7(7) (not yet written), RFC 1489, http://koi8.pp.ru/
COLOPHON
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Linux 2001-05-28 KOI8-R(7)