ISO-8859-2 Character Table
ISO-8859-2 (Latin-2) targets Central European languages written in Latin script, including Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian. Published in 1987, it shares the ASCII range and most of the Latin-1 punctuation but replaces Western European accented letters with characters carrying háček, ogonek, double acute, and breve marks. The encoding covers 10 languages well but cannot handle Serbian or Bosnian Cyrillic, which require ISO-8859-5 or UTF-8. Mixing Latin-2 with Latin-1 in the same document produces garbled diacritics because characters like code 232 map to different letters in each standard.
256
Total Characters
33
Control
95
Printable
128
Extended
Unique to ISO-8859-2
95 charactersThese characters in the extended range (128-255) are what set ISO-8859-2 apart from other encodings. The same byte values produce different characters in other encoding standards.
-128-129-130-131-132-133-134-135-136-137-138-139-140-141-142-143-144-145-146-147-148-149-150-151-152-153-154-155-156-157-158-159-160Ą161˘162Ł163¤164Ľ165Ś166§167¨168Š169Ş170Ť171Ź172173Ž174Ż175°176ą177˛178ł179´180ľ181ś182ˇ183¸184š185ş186ť187ź188˝189ž190ż191Ŕ192Á193Â194Ă195Ä196Ĺ197Ć198Ç199Č200É201Ę202Ë203Ě204Í205Î206Ď207Đ208Ń209Ň210Ó211Ô212Ő213Ö214×215Ř216Ů217Ú218Ű219Ü220Ý221Ţ222ß223ŕ224á225â226ă227ä228ĺ229ć230ç231č232é233ę234ë235ě236í237î238ď239đ240ń241ň242ó243ô244ő245ö246÷247ř248ů249ú250ű251ü252ý253ţ254˙255
Defined character
Undefined position
Extended Characters Table
128-255Characters 128 through 255 are specific to ISO-8859-2. The same byte values map to different characters in other encodings. Compare encodings to see the differences.
| DEC | HEX | Symbol | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 80 | Unused | |||
| 129 | 81 | Unused | |||
| 130 | 82 | Unused | |||
| 131 | 83 | Unused | |||
| 132 | 84 | Unused | |||
| 133 | 85 | Unused | |||
| 134 | 86 | Unused | |||
| 135 | 87 | Unused | |||
| 136 | 88 | Unused | |||
| 137 | 89 | Unused | |||
| 138 | 8A | Unused | |||
| 139 | 8B | Unused | |||
| 140 | 8C | Unused | |||
| 141 | 8D | Unused | |||
| 142 | 8E | Unused | |||
| 143 | 8F | Unused | |||
| 144 | 90 | Unused | |||
| 145 | 91 | Unused | |||
| 146 | 92 | Unused | |||
| 147 | 93 | Unused | |||
| 148 | 94 | Unused | |||
| 149 | 95 | Unused | |||
| 150 | 96 | Unused | |||
| 151 | 97 | Unused | |||
| 152 | 98 | Unused | |||
| 153 | 99 | Unused | |||
| 154 | 9A | Unused | |||
| 155 | 9B | Unused | |||
| 156 | 9C | Unused | |||
| 157 | 9D | Unused | |||
| 158 | 9E | Unused | |||
| 159 | 9F | Unused | |||
| 160 | A0 | Non-breaking space | |||
| 161 | A1 | Ą | Latin capital letter A with ogonek | ||
| 162 | A2 | ˘ | Breve | ||
| 163 | A3 | Ł | Latin capital letter L with stroke | ||
| 164 | A4 | ¤ | Currency sign | ||
| 165 | A5 | Ľ | Latin capital letter L with caron | ||
| 166 | A6 | Ś | Latin capital letter S with acute | ||
| 167 | A7 | § | Section sign | ||
| 168 | A8 | ¨ | Spacing diaeresis - umlaut | ||
| 169 | A9 | Š | Latin capital letter S with caron | ||
| 170 | AA | Ş | Latin capital letter S with cedilla | ||
| 171 | AB | Ť | Latin capital letter T with caron | ||
| 172 | AC | Ź | Latin capital letter Z with acute | ||
| 173 | AD | | Soft hyphen | ||
| 174 | AE | Ž | Latin capital letter Z with caron | ||
| 175 | AF | Ż | Latin capital letter Z with dot above | ||
| 176 | B0 | ° | Degree sign | ||
| 177 | B1 | ą | Latin small letter a with ogonek | ||
| 178 | B2 | ˛ | Ogonek | ||
| 179 | B3 | ł | Latin small letter l with stroke | ||
| 180 | B4 | ´ | Acute accent - spacing acute | ||
| 181 | B5 | ľ | Latin small letter l with caron | ||
| 182 | B6 | ś | Latin small letter s with acute | ||
| 183 | B7 | ˇ | Caron | ||
| 184 | B8 | ¸ | Spacing cedilla | ||
| 185 | B9 | š | Latin small letter S with caron | ||
| 186 | BA | ş | Latin small letter s with cedilla | ||
| 187 | BB | ť | Latin small letter t with caron | ||
| 188 | BC | ź | Latin small letter z with acute | ||
| 189 | BD | ˝ | Double acute accent | ||
| 190 | BE | ž | Latin small letter z with caron | ||
| 191 | BF | ż | Latin small letter z with dot above | ||
| 192 | C0 | Ŕ | Latin capital letter R with acute | ||
| 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 | Ĺ | Latin capital letter L with acute | ||
| 198 | C6 | Ć | Latin capital letter C with acute | ||
| 199 | C7 | Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla | ||
| 200 | C8 | Č | Latin capital letter C with caron | ||
| 201 | C9 | É | Latin capital letter E with acute | ||
| 202 | CA | Ę | Latin capital letter E with ogonek | ||
| 203 | CB | Ë | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis | ||
| 204 | CC | Ě | Latin capital letter E with caron | ||
| 205 | CD | Í | Latin capital letter I with acute | ||
| 206 | CE | Î | Latin capital letter I with circumflex | ||
| 207 | CF | Ď | Latin capital letter D with caron | ||
| 208 | D0 | Đ | Latin capital letter D with stroke | ||
| 209 | D1 | Ń | Latin capital letter N with acute | ||
| 210 | D2 | Ň | Latin capital letter N with caron | ||
| 211 | D3 | Ó | Latin capital letter O with acute | ||
| 212 | D4 | Ô | Latin capital letter O with circumflex | ||
| 213 | D5 | Ő | Latin capital letter O with double acute | ||
| 214 | D6 | Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis | ||
| 215 | D7 | × | Multiplication sign | ||
| 216 | D8 | Ř | Latin capital letter R with caron | ||
| 217 | D9 | Ů | Latin capital letter U with ring above | ||
| 218 | DA | Ú | Latin capital letter U with acute | ||
| 219 | DB | Ű | Latin capital letter U with double acute | ||
| 220 | DC | Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis | ||
| 221 | DD | Ý | Latin capital letter Y with acute | ||
| 222 | DE | Ţ | Latin capital letter T with cedilla | ||
| 223 | DF | ß | Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed | ||
| 224 | E0 | ŕ | Latin small letter r with acute | ||
| 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 | ĺ | Latin small letter l with acute | ||
| 230 | E6 | ć | Latin small letter c with acute | ||
| 231 | E7 | ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla | ||
| 232 | E8 | č | Latin small letter c with caron | ||
| 233 | E9 | é | Latin small letter e with acute | ||
| 234 | EA | ę | Latin small letter e with ogonek | ||
| 235 | EB | ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis | ||
| 236 | EC | ě | Latin small letter e with caron | ||
| 237 | ED | í | Latin small letter i with acute | ||
| 238 | EE | î | Latin small letter i with circumflex | ||
| 239 | EF | ď | Latin small letter d with caron | ||
| 240 | F0 | đ | Latin small letter d with stroke | ||
| 241 | F1 | ń | Latin xmall letter n with acute | ||
| 242 | F2 | ň | Latin small letter n with caron | ||
| 243 | F3 | ó | Latin small letter o with acute | ||
| 244 | F4 | ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex | ||
| 245 | F5 | ő | Latin small letter o with double acute | ||
| 246 | F6 | ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis | ||
| 247 | F7 | ÷ | Division sign | ||
| 248 | F8 | ř | Latin small letter r with caron | ||
| 249 | F9 | ů | Latin small letter u with ring above | ||
| 250 | FA | ú | Latin small letter u with acute | ||
| 251 | FB | ű | Latin small letter u with double acute | ||
| 252 | FC | ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis | ||
| 253 | FD | ý | Latin small letter y with acute | ||
| 254 | FE | ţ | Latin small letter t with cedilla | ||
| 255 | FF | ˙ | Dot above |
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 ISO-8859-2
Compare ISO-8859-2
See exactly which characters differ between ISO-8859-2 and other encodings in the extended range (128-255).
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