Windows-1252 vs Windows-1256

Both Windows-1252 and Windows-1256 share the same standard ASCII characters for codes 0-127. This comparison covers the extended range (128-255) where the two encodings differ.

Characters differ

Unused in Windows-1252

Unused in Windows-1256

Differences only

Code	Hex	Windows-1252	Windows-1252 Name	Windows-1256	Windows-1256 Name
129	0x81	unused	-	پ	Arabic Taa with three dots below
138	0x8A	Š	Latin capital letter S with caron	ٹ	Arabic letter Tteh
141	0x8D	unused	-	چ	Arabic Haa with middle three dots downward
142	0x8E	Ž	Latin capital letter Z with caron	ژ	Arabic Ra with three dots above
143	0x8F	unused	-	ڈ	Arabic letter Ddal
144	0x90	unused	-	گ	Arabic Gaf
152	0x98	˜	Small tilde	ک	Arabic letter Keheh
154	0x9A	š	Latin small letter S with caron	ڑ	Arabic letter Rreh
157	0x9D	unused	-	‌ZWNJ	Zero width non-joiner
158	0x9E	ž	Latin small letter z with caron	‍ZWJ	Zero width joiner
159	0x9F	Ÿ	Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis	ں	Arabic letter Noon Ghunna
161	0xA1	¡	Inverted exclamation mark	،	Arabic comma
170	0xAA	ª	Feminine ordinal indicator	ھ	Arabic letter Heh doachashmee
186	0xBA	º	Masculine ordinal indicator	؛	Arabic semicolon
191	0xBF	¿	Inverted question mark	؟	Arabic question mark
192	0xC0	À	Latin capital letter A with grave	ہ	Arabic letter Heh Goal
193	0xC1	Á	Latin capital letter A with acute	ء	Arabic letter Hamzah
194	0xC2	Â	Latin capital letter A with circumflex	آ	Arabic letter Maddah on alef
195	0xC3	Ã	Latin capital letter A with tilde	أ	Arabic letter Hamzah on alef
196	0xC4	Ä	Latin capital letter A with diaeresis	ؤ	Arabic letter Hamzah on waw
197	0xC5	Å	Latin capital letter A with ring above	إ	Arabic letter Hamzah under alef
198	0xC6	Æ	Latin capital letter AE	ئ	Arabic letter Hamzah on ya
199	0xC7	Ç	Latin capital letter C with cedilla	ا	Arabic letter Alef
200	0xC8	È	Latin capital letter E with grave	ب	Arabic letter Baa
201	0xC9	É	Latin capital letter E with acute	ة	Arabic letter Teh marbuta
202	0xCA	Ê	Latin capital letter E with circumflex	ت	Arabic letter Teh
203	0xCB	Ë	Latin capital letter E with diaeresis	ث	Arabic letter Theh
204	0xCC	Ì	Latin capital letter I with grave	ج	Arabic letter Jeem
205	0xCD	Í	Latin capital letter I with acute	ح	Arabic letter Hah
206	0xCE	Î	Latin capital letter I with circumflex	خ	Arabic letter Khah
207	0xCF	Ï	Latin capital letter I with diaeresis	د	Arabic letter Dal
208	0xD0	Ð	Latin capital letter ETH	ذ	Arabic letter Thal
209	0xD1	Ñ	Latin capital letter N with tilde	ر	Arabic Letter Reh
210	0xD2	Ò	Latin capital letter O with grave	ز	Arabic letter Zain
211	0xD3	Ó	Latin capital letter O with acute	س	Arabic letter Seen
212	0xD4	Ô	Latin capital letter O with circumflex	ش	Arabic letter Sheen
213	0xD5	Õ	Latin capital letter O with tilde	ص	Arabic letter Sad
214	0xD6	Ö	Latin capital letter O with diaeresis	ض	Arabic letter Dad
216	0xD8	Ø	Latin capital letter O with slash	ط	Arabic letter Tah
217	0xD9	Ù	Latin capital letter U with grave	ظ	Arabic letter Zah
218	0xDA	Ú	Latin capital letter U with acute	ع	Arabic letter Ain
219	0xDB	Û	Latin capital letter U with circumflex	غ	Arabic letter Ghain
220	0xDC	Ü	Latin capital letter U with diaeresis	ـ	Arabic tatweel
221	0xDD	Ý	Latin capital letter Y with acute	ف	Arabic letter Feh
222	0xDE	Þ	Latin capital letter THORN	ق	Arabic letter Qaf
223	0xDF	ß	Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed	ك	Arabic letter Kaf
225	0xE1	á	Latin small letter a with acute	ل	Arabic letter Lam
227	0xE3	ã	Latin small letter a with tilde	م	Arabic letter Meem
228	0xE4	ä	Latin small letter a with diaeresis	ن	Arabic letter Noon
229	0xE5	å	Latin small letter a with ring above	ه	Arabic letter Heh
230	0xE6	æ	Latin small letter ae	و	Arabic letter Waw
236	0xEC	ì	Latin small letter i with grave	ى	Arabic letter Alef Maksura
237	0xED	í	Latin small letter i with acute	ي	Arabic letter Ya
240	0xF0	ð	Latin small letter eth	ً	Arabic fathatan
241	0xF1	ñ	Latin small letter n with tilde	ٌ	Arabic dammatan
242	0xF2	ò	Latin small letter o with grave	ٍ	Arabic kasratan
243	0xF3	ó	Latin small letter o with acute	َ	Arabic fathah
245	0xF5	õ	Latin small letter o with tilde	ُ	Arabic dammah
246	0xF6	ö	Latin small letter o with diaeresis	ِ	Arabic kasrah
248	0xF8	ø	Latin small letter o with slash	ّ	Arabic shaddah
250	0xFA	ú	Latin small letter u with acute	ْ	Arabic sukun
253	0xFD	ý	Latin small letter y with acute	‎LRM	Left-To-Right Mark
254	0xFE	þ	Latin small letter thorn	‏RLM	Right-To-Left Mark
255	0xFF	ÿ	Latin small letter y with diaeresis	ے	Arabic letter Yeh Barree

Full comparison (128-255)

Code	Hex	Windows-1252	Windows-1252 Name	Windows-1256	Windows-1256 Name
128	0x80	€	Euro sign	€	Euro sign
129	0x81	unused	-	پ	Arabic Taa with three dots below
130	0x82	‚	Single low-9 quotation mark	‚	Single low-9 quotation mark
131	0x83	ƒ	Latin small letter f with hook	ƒ	Latin small letter f with hook
132	0x84	„	Double low-9 quotation mark	„	Double low-9 quotation mark
133	0x85	…	Horizontal ellipsis	…	Horizontal ellipsis
134	0x86	†	Dagger	†	Dagger
135	0x87	‡	Double dagger	‡	Double dagger
136	0x88	ˆ	Modifier letter circumflex accent	ˆ	Modifier letter circumflex accent
137	0x89	‰	Per mille sign	‰	Per mille sign
138	0x8A	Š	Latin capital letter S with caron	ٹ	Arabic letter Tteh
139	0x8B	‹	Single left-pointing angle quotation	‹	Single left-pointing angle quotation
140	0x8C	Œ	Latin capital ligature OE	Œ	Latin capital ligature OE
141	0x8D	unused	-	چ	Arabic Haa with middle three dots downward
142	0x8E	Ž	Latin capital letter Z with caron	ژ	Arabic Ra with three dots above
143	0x8F	unused	-	ڈ	Arabic letter Ddal
144	0x90	unused	-	گ	Arabic Gaf
145	0x91	‘	Left single quotation mark	‘	Left single quotation mark
146	0x92	’	Right single quotation mark	’	Right single quotation mark
147	0x93	“	Left double quotation mark	“	Left double quotation mark
148	0x94	”	Right double quotation mark	”	Right double quotation mark
149	0x95	•	Bullet	•	Bullet
150	0x96	–	En dash	–	En dash
151	0x97	—	Em dash	—	Em dash
152	0x98	˜	Small tilde	ک	Arabic letter Keheh
153	0x99	™	Trade mark sign	™	Trade mark sign
154	0x9A	š	Latin small letter S with caron	ڑ	Arabic letter Rreh
155	0x9B	›	Single right-pointing angle quotation mark	›	Single right-pointing angle quotation mark
156	0x9C	œ	Latin small ligature oe	œ	Latin small ligature oe
157	0x9D	unused	-	‌ZWNJ	Zero width non-joiner
158	0x9E	ž	Latin small letter z with caron	‍ZWJ	Zero width joiner
159	0x9F	Ÿ	Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis	ں	Arabic letter Noon Ghunna
160	0xA0	NBSP	Non-breaking space	NBSP	Non-breaking space
161	0xA1	¡	Inverted exclamation mark	،	Arabic comma
162	0xA2	¢	Cent sign	¢	Cent sign
163	0xA3	£	Pound sign	£	Pound sign
164	0xA4	¤	Currency sign	¤	Currency sign
165	0xA5	¥	Yen sign	¥	Yen sign
166	0xA6	¦	Pipe, broken vertical bar	¦	Pipe, broken vertical bar
167	0xA7	§	Section sign	§	Section sign
168	0xA8	¨	Spacing diaeresis - umlaut	¨	Spacing diaeresis - umlaut
169	0xA9	©	Copyright sign	©	Copyright sign
170	0xAA	ª	Feminine ordinal indicator	ھ	Arabic letter Heh doachashmee
171	0xAB	«	Left double angle quotes	«	Left double angle quotes
172	0xAC	¬	Negation	¬	Negation
173	0xAD	SHY	Soft hyphen	SHY	Soft hyphen
174	0xAE	®	Registered trade mark sign	®	Registered trade mark sign
175	0xAF	¯	Spacing macron - overline	¯	Spacing macron - overline
176	0xB0	°	Degree sign	°	Degree sign
177	0xB1	±	Plus-or-minus sign	±	Plus-or-minus sign
178	0xB2	²	Superscript two - squared	²	Superscript two - squared
179	0xB3	³	Superscript three - cubed	³	Superscript three - cubed
180	0xB4	´	Acute accent - spacing acute	´	Acute accent - spacing acute
181	0xB5	µ	Micro sign	µ	Micro sign
182	0xB6	¶	Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign	¶	Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign
183	0xB7	·	Middle dot - Georgian comma	·	Middle dot - Georgian comma
184	0xB8	¸	Spacing cedilla	¸	Spacing cedilla
185	0xB9	¹	Superscript one	¹	Superscript one
186	0xBA	º	Masculine ordinal indicator	؛	Arabic semicolon
187	0xBB	»	Right double angle quotes	»	Right double angle quotes
188	0xBC	¼	Fraction one quarter	¼	Fraction one quarter
189	0xBD	½	Fraction one half	½	Fraction one half
190	0xBE	¾	Fraction three quarters	¾	Fraction three quarters
191	0xBF	¿	Inverted question mark	؟	Arabic question mark
192	0xC0	À	Latin capital letter A with grave	ہ	Arabic letter Heh Goal
193	0xC1	Á	Latin capital letter A with acute	ء	Arabic letter Hamzah
194	0xC2	Â	Latin capital letter A with circumflex	آ	Arabic letter Maddah on alef
195	0xC3	Ã	Latin capital letter A with tilde	أ	Arabic letter Hamzah on alef
196	0xC4	Ä	Latin capital letter A with diaeresis	ؤ	Arabic letter Hamzah on waw
197	0xC5	Å	Latin capital letter A with ring above	إ	Arabic letter Hamzah under alef
198	0xC6	Æ	Latin capital letter AE	ئ	Arabic letter Hamzah on ya
199	0xC7	Ç	Latin capital letter C with cedilla	ا	Arabic letter Alef
200	0xC8	È	Latin capital letter E with grave	ب	Arabic letter Baa
201	0xC9	É	Latin capital letter E with acute	ة	Arabic letter Teh marbuta
202	0xCA	Ê	Latin capital letter E with circumflex	ت	Arabic letter Teh
203	0xCB	Ë	Latin capital letter E with diaeresis	ث	Arabic letter Theh
204	0xCC	Ì	Latin capital letter I with grave	ج	Arabic letter Jeem
205	0xCD	Í	Latin capital letter I with acute	ح	Arabic letter Hah
206	0xCE	Î	Latin capital letter I with circumflex	خ	Arabic letter Khah
207	0xCF	Ï	Latin capital letter I with diaeresis	د	Arabic letter Dal
208	0xD0	Ð	Latin capital letter ETH	ذ	Arabic letter Thal
209	0xD1	Ñ	Latin capital letter N with tilde	ر	Arabic Letter Reh
210	0xD2	Ò	Latin capital letter O with grave	ز	Arabic letter Zain
211	0xD3	Ó	Latin capital letter O with acute	س	Arabic letter Seen
212	0xD4	Ô	Latin capital letter O with circumflex	ش	Arabic letter Sheen
213	0xD5	Õ	Latin capital letter O with tilde	ص	Arabic letter Sad
214	0xD6	Ö	Latin capital letter O with diaeresis	ض	Arabic letter Dad
215	0xD7	×	Multiplication sign	×	Multiplication sign
216	0xD8	Ø	Latin capital letter O with slash	ط	Arabic letter Tah
217	0xD9	Ù	Latin capital letter U with grave	ظ	Arabic letter Zah
218	0xDA	Ú	Latin capital letter U with acute	ع	Arabic letter Ain
219	0xDB	Û	Latin capital letter U with circumflex	غ	Arabic letter Ghain
220	0xDC	Ü	Latin capital letter U with diaeresis	ـ	Arabic tatweel
221	0xDD	Ý	Latin capital letter Y with acute	ف	Arabic letter Feh
222	0xDE	Þ	Latin capital letter THORN	ق	Arabic letter Qaf
223	0xDF	ß	Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed	ك	Arabic letter Kaf
224	0xE0	à	Latin small letter a with grave	à	Latin small letter a with grave
225	0xE1	á	Latin small letter a with acute	ل	Arabic letter Lam
226	0xE2	â	Latin small letter a with circumflex	â	Latin small letter a with circumflex
227	0xE3	ã	Latin small letter a with tilde	م	Arabic letter Meem
228	0xE4	ä	Latin small letter a with diaeresis	ن	Arabic letter Noon
229	0xE5	å	Latin small letter a with ring above	ه	Arabic letter Heh
230	0xE6	æ	Latin small letter ae	و	Arabic letter Waw
231	0xE7	ç	Latin small letter c with cedilla	ç	Latin small letter c with cedilla
232	0xE8	è	Latin small letter e with grave	è	Latin small letter e with grave
233	0xE9	é	Latin small letter e with acute	é	Latin small letter e with acute
234	0xEA	ê	Latin small letter e with circumflex	ê	Latin small letter e with circumflex
235	0xEB	ë	Latin small letter e with diaeresis	ë	Latin small letter e with diaeresis
236	0xEC	ì	Latin small letter i with grave	ى	Arabic letter Alef Maksura
237	0xED	í	Latin small letter i with acute	ي	Arabic letter Ya
238	0xEE	î	Latin small letter i with circumflex	î	Latin small letter i with circumflex
239	0xEF	ï	Latin small letter i with diaeresis	ï	Latin small letter i with diaeresis
240	0xF0	ð	Latin small letter eth	ً	Arabic fathatan
241	0xF1	ñ	Latin small letter n with tilde	ٌ	Arabic dammatan
242	0xF2	ò	Latin small letter o with grave	ٍ	Arabic kasratan
243	0xF3	ó	Latin small letter o with acute	َ	Arabic fathah
244	0xF4	ô	Latin small letter o with circumflex	ô	Latin small letter o with circumflex
245	0xF5	õ	Latin small letter o with tilde	ُ	Arabic dammah
246	0xF6	ö	Latin small letter o with diaeresis	ِ	Arabic kasrah
247	0xF7	÷	Division sign	÷	Division sign
248	0xF8	ø	Latin small letter o with slash	ّ	Arabic shaddah
249	0xF9	ù	Latin small letter u with grave	ù	Latin small letter u with grave
250	0xFA	ú	Latin small letter u with acute	ْ	Arabic sukun
251	0xFB	û	Latin small letter u with circumflex	û	Latin small letter u with circumflex
252	0xFC	ü	Latin small letter u with diaeresis	ü	Latin small letter u with diaeresis
253	0xFD	ý	Latin small letter y with acute	‎LRM	Left-To-Right Mark
254	0xFE	þ	Latin small letter thorn	‏RLM	Right-To-Left Mark
255	0xFF	ÿ	Latin small letter y with diaeresis	ے	Arabic letter Yeh Barree

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