iso_8859_16
ISO_8859-16(7) Linux Programmer's Manual ISO_8859-16(7)
NAME
iso_8859-16 - ISO 8859-16 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and
hexadecimal
DESCRIPTION
The ISO 8859 standard includes several 8-bit extensions to the ASCII
character set (also known as ISO 646-IRV). ISO 8859-16 encodes the
Latin characters used in Southeast European languages.
ISO 8859 alphabets
The full set of ISO 8859 alphabets includes:
ISO 8859-1 West European languages (Latin-1)
ISO 8859-2 Central and East European languages (Latin-2)
ISO 8859-3 Southeast European and miscellaneous languages (Latin-3)
ISO 8859-4 Scandinavian/Baltic languages (Latin-4)
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
ISO 8859-6 Latin/Arabic
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew
ISO 8859-9 Latin-1 modification for Turkish (Latin-5)
ISO 8859-10 Lappish/Nordic/Eskimo languages (Latin-6)
ISO 8859-11 Latin/Thai
ISO 8859-13 Baltic Rim languages (Latin-7)
ISO 8859-14 Celtic (Latin-8)
ISO 8859-15 West European languages (Latin-9)
ISO 8859-16 Romanian (Latin-10)
ISO 8859-16 characters
The following table displays the characters in ISO 8859-16 that are
printable and unlisted in the ascii(7) manual page.
Oct Dec Hex Char Description
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240 160 A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
241 161 A1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
242 162 A2 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
243 163 A3 L LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH STROKE
244 164 A4 EUR EURO SIGN
245 165 A5 ,, DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
246 166 A6 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
247 167 A7 <section> SECTION SIGN
250 168 A8 LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
251 169 A9 (C) COPYRIGHT SIGN
252 170 AA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH COMMA BELOW
253 171 AB << LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
254 172 AC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE
255 173 AD SOFT HYPHEN
256 174 AE LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE
257 175 AF LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE
260 176 B0 <degree> DEGREE SIGN
261 177 B1 +- PLUS-MINUS SIGN
262 178 B2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON
263 179 B3 l LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE
264 180 B4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON
265 181 B5 " LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
266 182 B6 <paragraph> PILCROW SIGN
267 183 B7 . MIDDLE DOT
270 184 B8 LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON
271 185 B9 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CARON
272 186 BA LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH COMMA BELOW
273 187 BB >> RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
274 188 BC OE LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE
275 189 BD oe LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE
276 190 BE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
277 191 BF LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE
300 192 C0 A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
301 193 C1 A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
302 194 C2 A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
303 195 C3 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH BREVE
304 196 C4 A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
305 197 C5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH ACUTE
306 198 C6 AE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE
307 199 C7 C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
310 200 C8 E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
311 201 C9 E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
312 202 CA E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
313 203 CB E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
314 204 CC I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
315 205 CD I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
316 206 CE I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
317 207 CF I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
320 208 D0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH STROKE
321 209 D1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH ACUTE
322 210 D2 O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
323 211 D3 O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
324 212 D4 O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
325 213 D5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
326 214 D6 O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
327 215 D7 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH ACUTE
330 216 D8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
331 217 D9 U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
332 218 DA U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
333 219 DB U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
334 220 DC U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
335 221 DD LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH OGONEK
336 222 DE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T WITH COMMA BELOW
337 223 DF ss LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
340 224 E0 a LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
341 225 E1 a LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
342 226 E2 a LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
343 227 E3 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH BREVE
344 228 E4 a LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
345 229 E5 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH ACUTE
346 230 E6 ae LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
347 231 E7 c LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
350 232 E8 e LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
351 233 E9 e LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
352 234 EA e LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
353 235 EB e LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
354 236 EC i LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
355 237 ED i LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
356 238 EE i LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
357 239 EF i LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
360 240 F0 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH STROKE
361 241 F1 LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH ACUTE
362 242 F2 o LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
363 243 F3 o LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
364 244 F4 o LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
365 245 F5 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
366 246 F6 o LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
367 247 F7 LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE
370 248 F8 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
371 249 F9 u LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
372 250 FA u LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
373 251 FB u LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
374 252 FC u LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
375 253 FD LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH OGONEK
376 254 FE LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH COMMA BELOW
377 255 FF y LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
NOTES
ISO 8859-16 is also known as Latin-10.
SEE ALSO
ascii(7), charsets(7), iso_8859-3(7), utf-8(7)
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