Windows-1258 Character Table
Windows-1258 encodes Vietnamese using a combination of base letters and combining diacritical marks. Unlike most Windows code pages that use precomposed characters, CP1258 represents Vietnamese tonal marks as separate combining characters that attach to the preceding base letter. This means a single Vietnamese syllable can occupy two or three bytes. The approach saved code space (Vietnamese has over 130 distinct accented letters) but requires proper combining-character support in the text renderer. Systems that strip or mishandle combining marks will display Vietnamese without its tone marks, making the text unreadable.
256
Total Characters
33
Control
95
Printable
128
Extended
Unique to Windows-1258
118 charactersThese characters in the extended range (128-255) are what set Windows-1258 apart from other encodings. The same byte values produce different characters in other encoding standards.
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Defined character
Undefined position
Extended Characters Table
128-255Characters 128 through 255 are specific to Windows-1258. The same byte values map to different characters in other encodings. Compare encodings to see the differences.
| DEC | HEX | Symbol | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 80 | € | Euro sign | ||
| 129 | 81 | Unused | |||
| 130 | 82 | ‚ | Single low-9 quotation mark | ||
| 131 | 83 | ƒ | Latin small letter f with hook | ||
| 132 | 84 | „ | Double low-9 quotation mark | ||
| 133 | 85 | … | Horizontal ellipsis | ||
| 134 | 86 | † | Dagger | ||
| 135 | 87 | ‡ | Double dagger | ||
| 136 | 88 | ˆ | Modifier letter circumflex accent | ||
| 137 | 89 | ‰ | Per mille sign | ||
| 138 | 8A | Unused | |||
| 139 | 8B | ‹ | Single left-pointing angle quotation | ||
| 140 | 8C | Π| Latin capital ligature OE | ||
| 141 | 8D | Unused | |||
| 142 | 8E | Unused | |||
| 143 | 8F | Unused | |||
| 144 | 90 | Unused | |||
| 145 | 91 | ‘ | Left single quotation mark | ||
| 146 | 92 | ’ | Right single quotation mark | ||
| 147 | 93 | “ | Left double quotation mark | ||
| 148 | 94 | ” | Right double quotation mark | ||
| 149 | 95 | • | Bullet | ||
| 150 | 96 | – | En dash | ||
| 151 | 97 | — | Em dash | ||
| 152 | 98 | ˜ | Small tilde | ||
| 153 | 99 | ™ | Trade mark sign | ||
| 154 | 9A | Unused | |||
| 155 | 9B | › | Single right-pointing angle quotation mark | ||
| 156 | 9C | œ | Latin small ligature oe | ||
| 157 | 9D | Unused | |||
| 158 | 9E | Unused | |||
| 159 | 9F | Ÿ | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis | ||
| 160 | A0 | Non-breaking space | |||
| 161 | A1 | ¡ | Inverted exclamation mark | ||
| 162 | A2 | ¢ | Cent sign | ||
| 163 | A3 | £ | Pound sign | ||
| 164 | A4 | ¤ | Currency sign | ||
| 165 | A5 | ¥ | Yen sign | ||
| 166 | A6 | ¦ | Pipe, broken vertical bar | ||
| 167 | A7 | § | Section sign | ||
| 168 | A8 | ¨ | Spacing diaeresis - umlaut | ||
| 169 | A9 | © | Copyright sign | ||
| 170 | AA | ª | Feminine ordinal indicator | ||
| 171 | AB | « | Left double angle quotes | ||
| 172 | AC | ¬ | Negation | ||
| 173 | AD | | Soft hyphen | ||
| 174 | AE | ® | Registered trade mark sign | ||
| 175 | AF | ¯ | Spacing macron - overline | ||
| 176 | B0 | ° | Degree sign | ||
| 177 | B1 | ± | Plus-or-minus sign | ||
| 178 | B2 | ² | Superscript two - squared | ||
| 179 | B3 | ³ | Superscript three - cubed | ||
| 180 | B4 | ´ | Acute accent - spacing acute | ||
| 181 | B5 | µ | Micro sign | ||
| 182 | B6 | ¶ | Pilcrow sign - paragraph sign | ||
| 183 | B7 | · | Middle dot - Georgian comma | ||
| 184 | B8 | ¸ | Spacing cedilla | ||
| 185 | B9 | ¹ | Superscript one | ||
| 186 | BA | º | Masculine ordinal indicator | ||
| 187 | BB | » | Right double angle quotes | ||
| 188 | BC | ¼ | Fraction one quarter | ||
| 189 | BD | ½ | Fraction one half | ||
| 190 | BE | ¾ | Fraction three quarters | ||
| 191 | BF | ¿ | Inverted question mark | ||
| 192 | C0 | À | Latin capital letter A with grave | ||
| 193 | C1 | Á | Latin capital letter A with acute | ||
| 194 | C2 | Â | Latin capital letter A with circumflex | ||
| 195 | C3 | Ă | Latin capital letter A with breve | ||
| 196 | C4 | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis | ||
| 197 | C5 | Å | Latin capital letter A with ring above | ||
| 198 | C6 | Æ | Latin capital letter AE | ||
| 199 | C7 | Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla | ||
| 200 | C8 | È | Latin capital letter E with grave | ||
| 201 | C9 | É | Latin capital letter E with acute | ||
| 202 | CA | Ê | Latin capital letter E with circumflex | ||
| 203 | CB | Ë | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis | ||
| 204 | CC | ̀ | Combining grave accent | ||
| 205 | CD | Í | Latin capital letter I with acute | ||
| 206 | CE | Î | Latin capital letter I with circumflex | ||
| 207 | CF | Ï | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis | ||
| 208 | D0 | Đ | Latin capital letter D with stroke | ||
| 209 | D1 | Ñ | Latin capital letter N with tilde | ||
| 210 | D2 | ̉ | Combining hook above | ||
| 211 | D3 | Ó | Latin capital letter O with acute | ||
| 212 | D4 | Ô | Latin capital letter O with circumflex | ||
| 213 | D5 | Ơ | Latin capital letter O with horn | ||
| 214 | D6 | Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis | ||
| 215 | D7 | × | Multiplication sign | ||
| 216 | D8 | Ø | Latin capital letter O with slash | ||
| 217 | D9 | Ù | Latin capital letter U with grave | ||
| 218 | DA | Ú | Latin capital letter U with acute | ||
| 219 | DB | Û | Latin capital letter U with circumflex | ||
| 220 | DC | Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis | ||
| 221 | DD | Ư | Latin capital letter U with horn | ||
| 222 | DE | ̃ | Combining tilde | ||
| 223 | DF | ß | Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed | ||
| 224 | E0 | à | Latin small letter a with grave | ||
| 225 | E1 | á | Latin small letter a with acute | ||
| 226 | E2 | â | Latin small letter a with circumflex | ||
| 227 | E3 | ă | Latin small letter a with breve | ||
| 228 | E4 | ä | Latin small letter a with diaeresis | ||
| 229 | E5 | å | Latin small letter a with ring above | ||
| 230 | E6 | æ | Latin small letter ae | ||
| 231 | E7 | ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla | ||
| 232 | E8 | è | Latin small letter e with grave | ||
| 233 | E9 | é | Latin small letter e with acute | ||
| 234 | EA | ê | Latin small letter e with circumflex | ||
| 235 | EB | ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis | ||
| 236 | EC | ́ | Combining acute accent | ||
| 237 | ED | í | Latin small letter i with acute | ||
| 238 | EE | î | Latin small letter i with circumflex | ||
| 239 | EF | ï | Latin small letter i with diaeresis | ||
| 240 | F0 | đ | Latin small letter d with stroke | ||
| 241 | F1 | ñ | Latin small letter n with tilde | ||
| 242 | F2 | ̣ | Combining dot below | ||
| 243 | F3 | ó | Latin small letter o with acute | ||
| 244 | F4 | ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex | ||
| 245 | F5 | ơ | Latin small letter o with horn | ||
| 246 | F6 | ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis | ||
| 247 | F7 | ÷ | Division sign | ||
| 248 | F8 | ø | Latin small letter o with slash | ||
| 249 | F9 | ù | Latin small letter u with grave | ||
| 250 | FA | ú | Latin small letter u with acute | ||
| 251 | FB | û | Latin small letter u with circumflex | ||
| 252 | FC | ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis | ||
| 253 | FD | ư | Latin small letter u with horn | ||
| 254 | FE | ₫ | Dong sign | ||
| 255 | FF | ÿ | Latin small letter y with diaeresis |
Printable Characters
95Same as standard ASCII
Codes 32 through 126 are shared across all ASCII-based encodings, covering uppercase and lowercase Latin letters, digits, punctuation, and the Space character at position 32.
| DEC | HEX | Symbol | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 20 | ␠ | Space | ||
| 33 | 21 | ! | Exclamation mark | ||
| 34 | 22 | " | Double quotes (or speech marks) | ||
| 35 | 23 | # | Number sign | ||
| 36 | 24 | $ | Dollar | ||
| 37 | 25 | % | Per cent sign | ||
| 38 | 26 | & | Ampersand | ||
| 39 | 27 | ' | Single quote | ||
| 40 | 28 | ( | Open parenthesis (or open bracket) | ||
| 41 | 29 | ) | Close parenthesis (or close bracket) | ||
| 42 | 2A | * | Asterisk | ||
| 43 | 2B | + | Plus | ||
| 44 | 2C | , | Comma | ||
| 45 | 2D | - | Hyphen-minus | ||
| 46 | 2E | . | Period, dot or full stop | ||
| 47 | 2F | / | Slash or divide | ||
| 48 | 30 | 0 | Zero | ||
| 49 | 31 | 1 | One | ||
| 50 | 32 | 2 | Two | ||
| 51 | 33 | 3 | Three | ||
| 52 | 34 | 4 | Four | ||
| 53 | 35 | 5 | Five | ||
| 54 | 36 | 6 | Six | ||
| 55 | 37 | 7 | Seven | ||
| 56 | 38 | 8 | Eight | ||
| 57 | 39 | 9 | Nine | ||
| 58 | 3A | : | Colon | ||
| 59 | 3B | ; | Semicolon | ||
| 60 | 3C | < | Less than (or open angled bracket) | ||
| 61 | 3D | = | Equals | ||
| 62 | 3E | > | Greater than (or close angled bracket) | ||
| 63 | 3F | ? | Question mark | ||
| 64 | 40 | @ | At sign | ||
| 65 | 41 | A | Uppercase A | ||
| 66 | 42 | B | Uppercase B | ||
| 67 | 43 | C | Uppercase C | ||
| 68 | 44 | D | Uppercase D | ||
| 69 | 45 | E | Uppercase E | ||
| 70 | 46 | F | Uppercase F | ||
| 71 | 47 | G | Uppercase G | ||
| 72 | 48 | H | Uppercase H | ||
| 73 | 49 | I | Uppercase I | ||
| 74 | 4A | J | Uppercase J | ||
| 75 | 4B | K | Uppercase K | ||
| 76 | 4C | L | Uppercase L | ||
| 77 | 4D | M | Uppercase M | ||
| 78 | 4E | N | Uppercase N | ||
| 79 | 4F | O | Uppercase O | ||
| 80 | 50 | P | Uppercase P | ||
| 81 | 51 | Q | Uppercase Q | ||
| 82 | 52 | R | Uppercase R | ||
| 83 | 53 | S | Uppercase S | ||
| 84 | 54 | T | Uppercase T | ||
| 85 | 55 | U | Uppercase U | ||
| 86 | 56 | V | Uppercase V | ||
| 87 | 57 | W | Uppercase W | ||
| 88 | 58 | X | Uppercase X | ||
| 89 | 59 | Y | Uppercase Y | ||
| 90 | 5A | Z | Uppercase Z | ||
| 91 | 5B | [ | Opening bracket | ||
| 92 | 5C | \ | Backslash | ||
| 93 | 5D | ] | Closing bracket | ||
| 94 | 5E | ^ | Caret - circumflex | ||
| 95 | 5F | _ | Underscore | ||
| 96 | 60 | ` | Grave accent | ||
| 97 | 61 | a | Lowercase a | ||
| 98 | 62 | b | Lowercase b | ||
| 99 | 63 | c | Lowercase c | ||
| 100 | 64 | d | Lowercase d | ||
| 101 | 65 | e | Lowercase e | ||
| 102 | 66 | f | Lowercase f | ||
| 103 | 67 | g | Lowercase g | ||
| 104 | 68 | h | Lowercase h | ||
| 105 | 69 | i | Lowercase i | ||
| 106 | 6A | j | Lowercase j | ||
| 107 | 6B | k | Lowercase k | ||
| 108 | 6C | l | Lowercase l | ||
| 109 | 6D | m | Lowercase m | ||
| 110 | 6E | n | Lowercase n | ||
| 111 | 6F | o | Lowercase o | ||
| 112 | 70 | p | Lowercase p | ||
| 113 | 71 | q | Lowercase q | ||
| 114 | 72 | r | Lowercase r | ||
| 115 | 73 | s | Lowercase s | ||
| 116 | 74 | t | Lowercase t | ||
| 117 | 75 | u | Lowercase u | ||
| 118 | 76 | v | Lowercase v | ||
| 119 | 77 | w | Lowercase w | ||
| 120 | 78 | x | Lowercase x | ||
| 121 | 79 | y | Lowercase y | ||
| 122 | 7A | z | Lowercase z | ||
| 123 | 7B | { | Opening brace | ||
| 124 | 7C | | | Vertical bar | ||
| 125 | 7D | } | Closing brace | ||
| 126 | 7E | ~ | Equivalency sign - tilde |
Control Characters
33Same as standard ASCII
The first 32 codes (plus code 127) are non-printable control characters originally used for signaling hardware devices. Only a handful - Tab (9), Line Feed (10), Carriage Return (13), and Escape (27) - remain in common use.
| DEC | HEX | Symbol | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 00 | NUL | Null character | ||
| 1 | 01 | SOH | Start of Heading | ||
| 2 | 02 | STX | Start of Text | ||
| 3 | 03 | ETX | End of Text | ||
| 4 | 04 | EOT | End of Transmission | ||
| 5 | 05 | ENQ | Enquiry | ||
| 6 | 06 | ACK | Acknowledge | ||
| 7 | 07 | BEL | Bell, Alert | ||
| 8 | 08 | BS | Backspace | ||
| 9 | 09 | HT | Horizontal Tab | ||
| 10 | 0A | LF | Line Feed | ||
| 11 | 0B | VT | Vertical Tabulation | ||
| 12 | 0C | FF | Form Feed | ||
| 13 | 0D | CR | Carriage Return | ||
| 14 | 0E | SO | Shift Out | ||
| 15 | 0F | SI | Shift In | ||
| 16 | 10 | DLE | Data Link Escape | ||
| 17 | 11 | DC1 | Device Control One (XON) | ||
| 18 | 12 | DC2 | Device Control Two | ||
| 19 | 13 | DC3 | Device Control Three (XOFF) | ||
| 20 | 14 | DC4 | Device Control Four | ||
| 21 | 15 | NAK | Negative Acknowledge | ||
| 22 | 16 | SYN | Synchronous Idle | ||
| 23 | 17 | ETB | End of Transmission Block | ||
| 24 | 18 | CAN | Cancel | ||
| 25 | 19 | EM | End of medium | ||
| 26 | 1A | SUB | Substitute | ||
| 27 | 1B | ESC | Escape | ||
| 28 | 1C | FS | File Separator | ||
| 29 | 1D | GS | Group Separator | ||
| 30 | 1E | RS | Record Separator | ||
| 31 | 1F | US | Unit Separator | ||
| 127 | 7F | DEL | Delete |
References
Explore Windows-1258
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