IBM-eucKR
The EUC for the Korean language is an encoding consisting of single-byte and multibyte characters. The encoding is based on ISO2022, Korean Standard Code set, and EUC definitions.
The Korean EUC code set consists of the following main character groups:
- ASCII (English)
- Hangul (Korean characters)
The Hangul code set includes Hangul and Hanja (Chinese) characters. One Hangul character can comprise several consonants and vowels. However, most Hangul words can be expressed in Hanja. Each Hanja character has its own meaning and is more specific than Hangul.
The IBM-eucKR consists of the following character sets:
| Character set | Description |
|---|---|
| ISO646-IRV | 7-bit ASCII character set, Graphic Left |
| KSC5601.1987-0 | Korean Graphic Character Set, Graphic Right |