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NAME
iso_8859-2 - ISO/IEC 8859-2 character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
DESCRIPTION
The ISO/IEC 8859 standard includes several 8-bit extensions to the ASCII character set
(also known as ISO/IEC 646-IRV). ISO/IEC 8859-2 encodes the Latin characters used in many
Central and East European languages.
ISO/IEC 8859 alphabets
The full set of ISO/IEC 8859 alphabets includes:
ISO/IEC 8859-1 West European languages (Latin-1)
ISO/IEC 8859-2 Central and East European languages (Latin-2)
ISO/IEC 8859-3 Southeast European and miscellaneous languages (Latin-3)
ISO/IEC 8859-4 Scandinavian/Baltic languages (Latin-4)
ISO/IEC 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
ISO/IEC 8859-6 Latin/Arabic
ISO/IEC 8859-7 Latin/Greek
ISO/IEC 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew
ISO/IEC 8859-9 Latin-1 modification for Turkish (Latin-5)
ISO/IEC 8859-10 Lappish/Nordic/Eskimo languages (Latin-6)
ISO/IEC 8859-11 Latin/Thai
ISO/IEC 8859-13 Baltic Rim languages (Latin-7)
ISO/IEC 8859-14 Celtic (Latin-8)
ISO/IEC 8859-15 West European languages (Latin-9)
ISO/IEC 8859-16 Romanian (Latin-10)
ISO/IEC 8859-2 characters
The following table displays the characters in ISO/IEC 8859-2 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 Ą LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
242 162 A2 ˘ BREVE
243 163 A3 Ł LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH STROKE
244 164 A4 ¤ CURRENCY SIGN
245 165 A5 Ľ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH CARON
246 166 A6 Ś LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH ACUTE
247 167 A7 § SECTION SIGN
250 168 A8 ¨ DIAERESIS
251 169 A9 Š LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
252 170 AA Ş LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA
253 171 AB Ť LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T WITH CARON
254 172 AC Ź LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE
255 173 AD SOFT HYPHEN
256 174 AE Ž LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON
257 175 AF Ż LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE
260 176 B0 ° DEGREE SIGN
261 177 B1 ą LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH OGONEK
262 178 B2 ˛ OGONEK
263 179 B3 ł LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE
264 180 B4 ´ ACUTE ACCENT
265 181 B5 ľ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH CARON
266 182 B6 ś LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE
267 183 B7 ˇ CARON
270 184 B8 ¸ CEDILLA
271 185 B9 š LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
272 186 BA ş LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA
273 187 BB ť LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH CARON
274 188 BC ź LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH ACUTE
275 189 BD ˝ DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT
276 190 BE ž LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON
277 191 BF ż LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH DOT ABOVE
300 192 C0 Ŕ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH ACUTE
301 193 C1 Á LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
302 194 C2 Â LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
303 195 C3 Ă LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH BREVE
304 196 C4 Ä LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
305 197 C5 Ĺ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH ACUTE
306 198 C6 Ć LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH ACUTE
307 199 C7 Ç LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
310 200 C8 Č LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON
311 201 C9 É LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
312 202 CA Ę LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH OGONEK
313 203 CB Ë LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
314 204 CC Ě LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CARON
315 205 CD Í LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
316 206 CE Î LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
317 207 CF Ď LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH CARON
320 208 D0 Đ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH STROKE
321 209 D1 Ń LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH ACUTE
322 210 D2 Ň LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH CARON
323 211 D3 Ó LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
324 212 D4 Ô LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
325 213 D5 Ő LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
326 214 D6 Ö LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
327 215 D7 × MULTIPLICATION SIGN
330 216 D8 Ř LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH CARON
331 217 D9 Ů LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH RING ABOVE
332 218 DA Ú LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
333 219 DB Ű LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
334 220 DC Ü LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
335 221 DD Ý LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
336 222 DE Ţ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T WITH CEDILLA
337 223 DF ß LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
340 224 E0 ŕ LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH ACUTE
341 225 E1 á LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
342 226 E2 â LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
343 227 E3 ă LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH BREVE
344 228 E4 ä LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
345 229 E5 ĺ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH ACUTE
346 230 E6 ć LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH ACUTE
347 231 E7 ç LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
350 232 E8 č LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CARON
351 233 E9 é LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
352 234 EA ę LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH OGONEK
353 235 EB ë LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
354 236 EC ě LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CARON
355 237 ED í LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
356 238 EE î LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
357 239 EF ď LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH CARON
360 240 F0 đ LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH STROKE
361 241 F1 ń LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH ACUTE
362 242 F2 ň LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH CARON
363 243 F3 ó LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
364 244 F4 ô LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
365 245 F5 ő LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
366 246 F6 ö LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
367 247 F7 ÷ DIVISION SIGN
370 248 F8 ř LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH CARON
371 249 F9 ů LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH RING ABOVE
372 250 FA ú LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
373 251 FB ű LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DOUBLE ACUTE
374 252 FC ü LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
375 253 FD ý LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
376 254 FE ţ LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH CEDILLA
377 255 FF ˙ DOT ABOVE
NOTES
ISO/IEC 8859-2 is also known as Latin-2.
SEE ALSO
ascii(7), charsets(7), iso_8859-1(7), iso_8859-16(7), utf-8(7)