ISO-8859-6 Character Table
ISO-8859-6 encodes the Arabic alphabet as defined by ECMA-114 and standardized in 1987. It covers only the 28 basic Arabic letters plus a handful of punctuation marks, omitting the extra characters needed for Persian, Urdu, and Pashto. Like CP1256, it stores base letter forms only. The rendering engine must apply contextual shaping (choosing isolated, initial, medial, or final glyph forms) at display time. ISO-8859-6 differs from CP1256 significantly: CP1256 adds Persian letters, French accented characters for North African French, and fills more of the 128 through 255 range with printable characters.
256
Total Characters
33
Control
95
Printable
128
Extended
Unique to ISO-8859-6
50 charactersThese characters in the extended range (128-255) are what set ISO-8859-6 apart from other encodings. The same byte values produce different characters in other encoding standards.
-128-129-130-131-132-133-134-135-136-137-138-139-140-141-142-143-144-145-146-147-148-149-150-151-152-153-154-155-156-157-158-159-160-161-162-163¤164-165-166-167-168-169-170-171،172173-174-175-176-177-178-179-180-181-182-183-184-185-186؛187-188-189-190؟191-192ء193آ194أ195ؤ196إ197ئ198ا199ب200ة201ت202ث203ج204ح205خ206د207ذ208ر209ز210س211ش212ص213ض214ط215ظ216ع217غ218-219-220-221-222-223ـ224ف225ق226ك227ل228م229ن230ه231و232ى233ي234ً235ٌ236ٍ237َ238ُ239ِ240ّ241ْ242-243-244-245-246-247-248-249-250-251-252-253-254-255
Defined character
Undefined position
Extended Characters Table
128-255Characters 128 through 255 are specific to ISO-8859-6. 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 | Unused | |||
| 162 | A2 | Unused | |||
| 163 | A3 | Unused | |||
| 164 | A4 | ¤ | Currency sign | ||
| 165 | A5 | Unused | |||
| 166 | A6 | Unused | |||
| 167 | A7 | Unused | |||
| 168 | A8 | Unused | |||
| 169 | A9 | Unused | |||
| 170 | AA | Unused | |||
| 171 | AB | Unused | |||
| 172 | AC | ، | Arabic comma | ||
| 173 | AD | | Soft hyphen | ||
| 174 | AE | Unused | |||
| 175 | AF | Unused | |||
| 176 | B0 | Unused | |||
| 177 | B1 | Unused | |||
| 178 | B2 | Unused | |||
| 179 | B3 | Unused | |||
| 180 | B4 | Unused | |||
| 181 | B5 | Unused | |||
| 182 | B6 | Unused | |||
| 183 | B7 | Unused | |||
| 184 | B8 | Unused | |||
| 185 | B9 | Unused | |||
| 186 | BA | Unused | |||
| 187 | BB | ؛ | Arabic semicolon | ||
| 188 | BC | Unused | |||
| 189 | BD | Unused | |||
| 190 | BE | Unused | |||
| 191 | BF | ؟ | Arabic question mark | ||
| 192 | C0 | Unused | |||
| 193 | C1 | ء | Arabic letter Hamzah | ||
| 194 | C2 | آ | Arabic letter Maddah on alef | ||
| 195 | C3 | أ | Arabic letter Hamzah on alef | ||
| 196 | C4 | ؤ | Arabic letter Hamzah on waw | ||
| 197 | C5 | إ | Arabic letter Hamzah under alef | ||
| 198 | C6 | ئ | Arabic letter Hamzah on ya | ||
| 199 | C7 | ا | Arabic letter Alef | ||
| 200 | C8 | ب | Arabic letter Baa | ||
| 201 | C9 | ة | Arabic letter Teh marbuta | ||
| 202 | CA | ت | Arabic letter Teh | ||
| 203 | CB | ث | Arabic letter Theh | ||
| 204 | CC | ج | Arabic letter Jeem | ||
| 205 | CD | ح | Arabic letter Hah | ||
| 206 | CE | خ | Arabic letter Khah | ||
| 207 | CF | د | Arabic letter Dal | ||
| 208 | D0 | ذ | Arabic letter Thal | ||
| 209 | D1 | ر | Arabic Letter Reh | ||
| 210 | D2 | ز | Arabic letter Zain | ||
| 211 | D3 | س | Arabic letter Seen | ||
| 212 | D4 | ش | Arabic letter Sheen | ||
| 213 | D5 | ص | Arabic letter Sad | ||
| 214 | D6 | ض | Arabic letter Dad | ||
| 215 | D7 | ط | Arabic letter Tah | ||
| 216 | D8 | ظ | Arabic letter Zah | ||
| 217 | D9 | ع | Arabic letter Ain | ||
| 218 | DA | غ | Arabic letter Ghain | ||
| 219 | DB | Unused | |||
| 220 | DC | Unused | |||
| 221 | DD | Unused | |||
| 222 | DE | Unused | |||
| 223 | DF | Unused | |||
| 224 | E0 | ـ | Arabic tatweel | ||
| 225 | E1 | ف | Arabic letter Feh | ||
| 226 | E2 | ق | Arabic letter Qaf | ||
| 227 | E3 | ك | Arabic letter Kaf | ||
| 228 | E4 | ل | Arabic letter Lam | ||
| 229 | E5 | م | Arabic letter Meem | ||
| 230 | E6 | ن | Arabic letter Noon | ||
| 231 | E7 | ه | Arabic letter Heh | ||
| 232 | E8 | و | Arabic letter Waw | ||
| 233 | E9 | ى | Arabic letter Alef Maksura | ||
| 234 | EA | ي | Arabic letter Ya | ||
| 235 | EB | ً | Arabic fathatan | ||
| 236 | EC | ٌ | Arabic dammatan | ||
| 237 | ED | ٍ | Arabic kasratan | ||
| 238 | EE | َ | Arabic fathah | ||
| 239 | EF | ُ | Arabic dammah | ||
| 240 | F0 | ِ | Arabic kasrah | ||
| 241 | F1 | ّ | Arabic shaddah | ||
| 242 | F2 | ْ | Arabic sukun | ||
| 243 | F3 | Unused | |||
| 244 | F4 | Unused | |||
| 245 | F5 | Unused | |||
| 246 | F6 | Unused | |||
| 247 | F7 | Unused | |||
| 248 | F8 | Unused | |||
| 249 | F9 | Unused | |||
| 250 | FA | Unused | |||
| 251 | FB | Unused | |||
| 252 | FC | Unused | |||
| 253 | FD | Unused | |||
| 254 | FE | Unused | |||
| 255 | FF | Unused |
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-8859-6
Compare ISO-8859-6
See exactly which characters differ between ISO-8859-6 and other encodings in the extended range (128-255).
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