ISO-8859-5 Character Table
ISO-8859-5 encodes the Cyrillic alphabet covering Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, and Ukrainian. Unlike the competing KOI8-R (which arranged letters so garbled text remained partly readable in ASCII), ISO-8859-5 places Cyrillic letters in Unicode order starting at code 176. This made conversion to Unicode straightforward but meant garbled ISO-8859-5 text was completely unreadable. In practice, KOI8-R and Windows-1251 dominated Cyrillic text on email and the web, leaving ISO-8859-5 primarily used in formal standards contexts. The Russian internet's transition to UTF-8 after 2010 made all three single-byte Cyrillic encodings largely obsolete.
256
Total Characters
33
Control
95
Printable
128
Extended
Unique to ISO-8859-5
95 charactersThese characters in the extended range (128-255) are what set ISO-8859-5 apart from other encodings. The same byte values produce different characters in other encoding standards.
-128-129-130-131-132-133-134-135-136-137-138-139-140-141-142-143-144-145-146-147-148-149-150-151-152-153-154-155-156-157-158-159-160Ё161Ђ162Ѓ163Є164Ѕ165І166Ї167Ј168Љ169Њ170Ћ171Ќ172173Ў174Џ175А176Б177В178Г179Д180Е181Ж182З183И184Й185К186Л187М188Н189О190П191Р192С193Т194У195Ф196Х197Ц198Ч199Ш200Щ201Ъ202Ы203Ь204Э205Ю206Я207а208б209в210г211д212е213ж214з215и216й217к218л219м220н221о222п223р224с225т226у227ф228х229ц230ч231ш232щ233ъ234ы235ь236э237ю238я239№240ё241ђ242ѓ243є244ѕ245і246ї247ј248љ249њ250ћ251ќ252§253ў254џ255
Defined character
Undefined position
Extended Characters Table
128-255Characters 128 through 255 are specific to ISO-8859-5. 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 | Ё | Cyrillic capital letter Io | ||
| 162 | A2 | Ђ | Cyrillic capital letter Dje | ||
| 163 | A3 | Ѓ | Cyrillic capital letter Gje | ||
| 164 | A4 | Є | Cyrillic capital letter Ukrainian Ie | ||
| 165 | A5 | Ѕ | Cyrillic capital letter Dze | ||
| 166 | A6 | І | Cyrillic capital letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I | ||
| 167 | A7 | Ї | Cyrillic capital letter Yi | ||
| 168 | A8 | Ј | Cyrillic capital letter Je | ||
| 169 | A9 | Љ | Cyrillic capital letter Lje | ||
| 170 | AA | Њ | Cyrillic capital letter Nje | ||
| 171 | AB | Ћ | Cyrillic capital letter Tshe | ||
| 172 | AC | Ќ | Cyrillic capital letter Kje | ||
| 173 | AD | | Soft hyphen | ||
| 174 | AE | Ў | Cyrillic capital letter short U | ||
| 175 | AF | Џ | Cyrillic capital letter Dzhe | ||
| 176 | B0 | А | Cyrillic capital letter A | ||
| 177 | B1 | Б | Cyrillic capital letter Be | ||
| 178 | B2 | В | Cyrillic capital letter Ve | ||
| 179 | B3 | Г | Cyrillic capital letter Ghe | ||
| 180 | B4 | Д | Cyrillic capital letter De | ||
| 181 | B5 | Е | Cyrillic capital letter Ie | ||
| 182 | B6 | Ж | Cyrillic capital letter Zhe | ||
| 183 | B7 | З | Cyrillic capital letter Ze | ||
| 184 | B8 | И | Cyrillic capital letter I | ||
| 185 | B9 | Й | Cyrillic capital letter Short I | ||
| 186 | BA | К | Cyrillic capital letter Ka | ||
| 187 | BB | Л | Cyrillic capital letter El | ||
| 188 | BC | М | Cyrillic capital letter Em | ||
| 189 | BD | Н | Cyrillic capital letter En | ||
| 190 | BE | О | Cyrillic capital letter O | ||
| 191 | BF | П | Cyrillic capital letter Pe | ||
| 192 | C0 | Р | Cyrillic capital letter Er | ||
| 193 | C1 | С | Cyrillic capital letter Es | ||
| 194 | C2 | Т | Cyrillic capital letter Te | ||
| 195 | C3 | У | Cyrillic capital letter U | ||
| 196 | C4 | Ф | Cyrillic capital letter Ef | ||
| 197 | C5 | Х | Cyrillic capital letter Ha | ||
| 198 | C6 | Ц | Cyrillic capital letter Tse | ||
| 199 | C7 | Ч | Cyrillic capital letter Che | ||
| 200 | C8 | Ш | Cyrillic capital letter Sha | ||
| 201 | C9 | Щ | Cyrillic capital letter Shcha | ||
| 202 | CA | Ъ | Cyrillic capital letter Hard Sign | ||
| 203 | CB | Ы | Cyrillic capital letter Yeru | ||
| 204 | CC | Ь | Cyrillic capital letter Soft Sign | ||
| 205 | CD | Э | Cyrillic capital letter E | ||
| 206 | CE | Ю | Cyrillic capital letter Yu | ||
| 207 | CF | Я | Cyrillic capital letter Ya | ||
| 208 | D0 | а | Cyrillic Small Letter A | ||
| 209 | D1 | б | Cyrillic small letter be | ||
| 210 | D2 | в | Cyrillic small letter ve | ||
| 211 | D3 | г | Cyrillic small letter ghe | ||
| 212 | D4 | д | Cyrillic small letter de | ||
| 213 | D5 | е | Cyrillic small letter ie | ||
| 214 | D6 | ж | Cyrillic small letter zhe | ||
| 215 | D7 | з | Cyrillic small letter ze | ||
| 216 | D8 | и | Cyrillic small letter i | ||
| 217 | D9 | й | Cyrillic small letter short i | ||
| 218 | DA | к | Cyrillic small letter ka | ||
| 219 | DB | л | Cyrillic small letter el | ||
| 220 | DC | м | Cyrillic small letter em | ||
| 221 | DD | н | Cyrillic small letter en | ||
| 222 | DE | о | Cyrillic small letter o | ||
| 223 | DF | п | Cyrillic small letter pe | ||
| 224 | E0 | р | Cyrillic small letter er | ||
| 225 | E1 | с | Cyrillic small letter es | ||
| 226 | E2 | т | Cyrillic small letter te | ||
| 227 | E3 | у | Cyrillic small letter u | ||
| 228 | E4 | ф | Cyrillic small letter ef | ||
| 229 | E5 | х | Cyrillic small letter ha | ||
| 230 | E6 | ц | Cyrillic small letter tse | ||
| 231 | E7 | ч | Cyrillic small letter che | ||
| 232 | E8 | ш | Cyrillic small letter sha | ||
| 233 | E9 | щ | Cyrillic small letter shcha | ||
| 234 | EA | ъ | Cyrillic small letter hard sign | ||
| 235 | EB | ы | Cyrillic small letter yeru | ||
| 236 | EC | ь | Cyrillic small letter soft sign | ||
| 237 | ED | э | Cyrillic small letter e | ||
| 238 | EE | ю | Cyrillic small letter yu | ||
| 239 | EF | я | Cyrillic small letter ya | ||
| 240 | F0 | № | Numero Sign | ||
| 241 | F1 | ё | Cyrillic small letter io | ||
| 242 | F2 | ђ | Cyrillic small letter dje | ||
| 243 | F3 | ѓ | Cyrillic small letter gje | ||
| 244 | F4 | є | Cyrillic small letter Ukrainian ie | ||
| 245 | F5 | ѕ | Cyrillic small letter dze | ||
| 246 | F6 | і | Cyrillic small letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian i | ||
| 247 | F7 | ї | Cyrillic small letter yi | ||
| 248 | F8 | ј | Cyrillic small letter je | ||
| 249 | F9 | љ | Cyrillic small letter lje | ||
| 250 | FA | њ | Cyrillic small letter nje | ||
| 251 | FB | ћ | Cyrillic small letter Tshe | ||
| 252 | FC | ќ | Cyrillic small letter Kje | ||
| 253 | FD | § | Section sign | ||
| 254 | FE | ў | Cyrillic small letter short u | ||
| 255 | FF | џ | Cyrillic small letter Dzhe |
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-8859-5
Compare ISO-8859-5
See exactly which characters differ between ISO-8859-5 and other encodings in the extended range (128-255).
Related Resources
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